Are you saying that the assistant had the answers all along, he just wasn’t telling anyone?
JIM VALVANOSpend each day with some laughter and some thought, to get you’re emotions going.
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Life changes when you least expect it to. The future is uncertain. So, seize this day, seize this moment, and make the most of it.
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You need to have a dream, a goal, and you must be willing to work hard.
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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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Never give up, never ever give up.
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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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Now, I look at where I am now and I know what I wanna to do. What I would like to be able to do is to spend whatever time I have left and to give, and maybe some hope to others.
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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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People think I have courage. The courage in my family are my wife Pam, my three daughters, here, Nicole, Jamie, LeeAnn, my mom, who’s right here too.
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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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My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.
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Don’t give up. Don’t ever give up.
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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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Know where you have been, where you are now and where you want to be.
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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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In every single day, in every walk of life, ordinary people do extraordinary things. Ordinary People accomplish Extraordinary things.
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