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.
JIM VALVANOYou need to have a dream, a goal, and you must be willing to work hard.
More Jim Valvano Quotes
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Never give up, never ever give up.
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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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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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Are you saying that the assistant had the answers all along, he just wasn’t telling anyone?
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You need to have a dream, a goal, and you must be willing to work hard.
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Why shouldn’t I milk it? We’re an agricultural institution.
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Know where you have been, where you are now and where you want to be.
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We should do three things every day of our life. Number one is laugh. You should laugh every day. Number two is to think, we should spend some time in thought. And, number three is you should have your emotions moved to tears.
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Don’t give up. Don’t ever give up.
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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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My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.
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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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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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Nothing has ever been accomplished in any walk of life without enthusiasm, without motivation, and without perseverance.
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Other people go to the office. I get to coach. I know I’ve been blessed.
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