Nothing has ever been accomplished in any walk of life without enthusiasm, without motivation, and without perseverance.
JIM VALVANOEach day, be sure to laugh, to think, to cry; that’s one heckuva full day.
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In every single day, in every walk of life, ordinary people do extraordinary things. Ordinary People accomplish Extraordinary things.
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If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that’s a full day.
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I talked about my family, my family’s so important.
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I made a ridiculous statement when I first went to North Carolina State. I said I know basketball down there was like life or death. It was very wrong. It’s more important.
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To find the unlimited scope of human possibility, look within yourself.
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Each day, be sure to laugh, to think, to cry; that’s one heckuva full day.
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Other people go to the office. I get to coach. I know I’ve been blessed.
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We have a very intelligent team. I’ve had clubs that when you tell a guy to go back door, he leaves the gym. Or you tell the team you’re going to have a closed practice and eight guys don’t show up.
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Nothing can happen if it’s not first a dream. If you have someone with a dream, if you have a motivated person with a goal and a vision, if you have someone that never gives up, who has great hope, Anything can happen.
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Now I’m fighting cancer, everybody knows that. People ask me all the time about how you go through your life and how’s your day, and nothing is changed for me.
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Don’t give up. Don’t ever give up.
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Cancer can take away all of my physical abilities. It cannot touch my mind, it cannot touch my heart, and it cannot touch my soul.
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There are 86,400 seconds in a day. It’s up to you to decide what to do with them.
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How do you go from where you are to where you wanna be? And I think you have to have an enthusiasm for life. You have to have a dream, a goal. And you have to be willing to work for it.
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And if you see me, smile and maybe give me a hug. That’s important to me too.
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