And if you see me, smile and maybe give me a hug. That’s important to me too.
JIM VALVANOI 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.
More Jim Valvano Quotes
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Every day ordinary people do extra-ordinary things!
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Know where you have been, where you are now and where you want to be.
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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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Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.
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I’ll also tell you that five hundred thousand people will die this year of cancer. And I’ll also tell you that one in every four will be afflicted with this disease, and yet, somehow, we seem to have put it in a little bit of the background.
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If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that’s a full day.
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Be a dreamer. If you don’t know how to dream, you’re dead.
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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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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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Nothing has ever been accomplished in any walk of life without enthusiasm, without motivation, and without perseverance.
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If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that’s a full day. That’s a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you’re going to have something special.
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You need to have a dream, a goal, and you must be willing to work hard.
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My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.
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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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