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.
JIM VALVANOIn every single day, in every walk of life, ordinary people do extraordinary things. Ordinary People accomplish Extraordinary things.
More Jim Valvano Quotes
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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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Never give up, never ever give up.
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Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.
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Conceive the inconceivable – then accomplish it.
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I just got one last thing, I urge all of you, all of you, to enjoy your life, the precious moments you have. To spend each day with some laughter and some thought, to get you’re emotions going.
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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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Nothing has ever been accomplished in any walk of life without enthusiasm, without motivation, and without perseverance.
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A person really doesn’t become whole, until he becomes a part of something that’s bigger than himself.
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I talked about my family, my family’s so important.
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All really successful coaches have a system.
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Know where you have been, where you are now and where you want to be.
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Enjoy your life, the precious moments you have.
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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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I will thank God for the day and the moment I have.
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Other people go to the office. I get to coach. I know I’ve been blessed.
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