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)
JIM VALVANOIf you laugh, you think, and you cry, that’s a full day.
More Jim Valvano Quotes
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Don’t give up. Don’t ever give up.
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It’s so important to know where you are.
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Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.
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Why shouldn’t I milk it? We’re an agricultural institution.
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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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Enjoy your life, the precious moments you have.
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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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And if you see me, smile and maybe give me a hug. That’s important to me too.
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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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We need your help. I need your help. We need money for research. It may not save my life. It may save my children’s life. It may save someone you love. And it’s very important.
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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 asked a ref if he could give me a technical foul for thinking bad things about him. He said, of course not. I said, well, I think you stink. And he gave me a technical. You can’t trust em.
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Time is very precious to me. I don’t know how much I have left, and I have some things that I would like to say. Hopefully, at the end, I will have said something that will be important to other people, too.
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I can’t tell you what an honor it is, to even be mentioned in the same breath with Arthur Ashe. This is something I certainly will treasure forever.
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