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.
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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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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I talked about my family, my family’s so important.
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Coaches are basically schizophrenic. We are pessimistic to the press and among fellow coaches, but to our team, we are the eternal optimists.
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Nothing can happen if it’s not first a dream. If you have someone with a dream, if you have a motivated person with a goal and a vision, if you have someone that never gives up, who has great hope, Anything can happen.
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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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Don’t give up. Don’t ever give up.
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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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You need to have a dream, a goal, and you must be willing to work hard.
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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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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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I will thank God for the day and the moment I have.
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Why shouldn’t I milk it? We’re an agricultural institution.
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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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A person really doesn’t become whole, until he becomes a part of something that’s bigger than himself.
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Every day ordinary people do extra-ordinary things!
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