There are 86,400 seconds in a day. It’s up to you to decide what to do with them.
JIM VALVANOAll really successful coaches have a system.
More Jim Valvano Quotes
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To find the unlimited scope of human possibility, look within yourself.
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It’s so important to know where you are.
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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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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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Take time every day to laugh, to think, to cry.
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I talked about my family, my family’s so important.
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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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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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Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.
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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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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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Enjoy your life, the precious moments you have.
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Know where you have been, where you are now and where you want to be.
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Each day, be sure to laugh, to think, to cry; that’s one heckuva full day.
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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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