My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.
JIM VALVANOAll really successful coaches have a system.
More Jim Valvano Quotes
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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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All really successful coaches have a system.
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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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Every day ordinary people do extra-ordinary things!
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Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.
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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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I talked about my family, my family’s so important.
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I just got one last thing, I urge all of you, all of you, to enjoy your life, the precious moments you have. To spend each day with some laughter and some thought, to get you’re emotions going.
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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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It’s so important to know where you are.
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Don’t give up. Don’t ever give up.
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If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that’s a full day.
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You need to have a dream, a goal, and you must be willing to work hard.
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We need your help. I need your help. We need money for research. It may not save my life. It may save my children’s life. It may save someone you love. And it’s very 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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