To find the unlimited scope of human possibility, look within yourself.
JIM VALVANOAll really successful coaches have a system.
More Jim Valvano Quotes
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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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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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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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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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Cancer can take away all of my physical abilities. It cannot touch my mind, it cannot touch my heart, and it cannot touch my soul.
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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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In every single day, in every walk of life, ordinary people do extraordinary things. Ordinary People accomplish Extraordinary things.
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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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Enjoy your life, the precious moments you have.
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Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.
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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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Are you saying that the assistant had the answers all along, he just wasn’t telling anyone?
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If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that’s a full day.
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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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