Conceive the inconceivable – then accomplish it.
JIM VALVANOThe difference between Namath and me is that when you make the money he makes, they say you’re ruggedly handsome. When you make the money I make, they say you have a big nose. (On resembling Joe Namath)
More Jim Valvano Quotes
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You need to have a dream, a goal, and you must be willing to work hard.
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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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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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It’s so important to know where you are.
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The greatest gift you can give your children is to believe in them.
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The difference between Namath and me is that when you make the money he makes, they say you’re ruggedly handsome. When you make the money I make, they say you have a big nose. (On resembling Joe Namath)
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Know where you have been, where you are now and where you want to be.
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Why shouldn’t I milk it? We’re an agricultural institution.
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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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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.
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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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Spend each day with some laughter and some thought, to get you’re emotions going.
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No matter what business you’re in, you can’t run in place or someone will pass you by. It doesn’t matter how many games you’ve won.
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Nothing has ever been accomplished in any walk of life without enthusiasm, without motivation, and without perseverance.
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