I talked about my family, my family’s so important.
JIM VALVANOConceive the inconceivable – then accomplish it.
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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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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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It’s so important to know where you are.
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Every day ordinary people do extra-ordinary things!
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Enjoy your life, the precious moments you have.
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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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Now I’m fighting cancer, everybody knows that. People ask me all the time about how you go through your life and how’s your day, and nothing is changed for me.
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If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that’s a full day.
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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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Spend each day with some laughter and some thought, to get you’re emotions going.
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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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All really successful coaches have a system.
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The greatest gift you can give your children is to believe in them.
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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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