Why shouldn’t I milk it? We’re an agricultural institution.
JIM VALVANOWe have a very intelligent team. I’ve had clubs that when you tell a guy to go back door, he leaves the gym. Or you tell the team you’re going to have a closed practice and eight guys don’t show up.
More Jim Valvano Quotes
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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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Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.
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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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Take time every day to laugh, to think, to cry.
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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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A person really doesn’t become whole, until he becomes a part of something that’s bigger than himself.
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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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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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Enjoy your life, the precious moments you have.
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Every day ordinary people do extra-ordinary things!
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Each day, be sure to laugh, to think, to cry; that’s one heckuva full day.
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People think I have courage. The courage in my family are my wife Pam, my three daughters, here, Nicole, Jamie, LeeAnn, my mom, who’s right here too.
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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 will thank God for the day and the moment I have.
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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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