Nothing has ever been accomplished in any walk of life without enthusiasm, without motivation, and without perseverance.
JIM VALVANOKnow where you have been, where you are now and where you want to be.
More Jim Valvano Quotes
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Why shouldn’t I milk it? We’re an agricultural institution.
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Every day ordinary people do extra-ordinary things!
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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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Are you saying that the assistant had the answers all along, he just wasn’t telling anyone?
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Don’t give up. Don’t ever give up.
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If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that’s a full day.
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I will thank God for the day and the moment I have.
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If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that’s a full day. That’s a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you’re going to have something special.
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Enjoy your life, the precious moments you have.
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But try if you can to support, whether it’s AIDS or the cancer foundation, so that someone else might survive, might prosper, and might actually be cured of this dreaded disease.
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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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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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Coaches are basically schizophrenic. We are pessimistic to the press and among fellow coaches, but to our team, we are the eternal optimists.
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The greatest gift you can give your children is to believe in them.
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It’s so important to know where you are.
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