And if you see me, smile and maybe give me a hug. That’s important to me too.
JIM VALVANOCoaches are basically schizophrenic. We are pessimistic to the press and among fellow coaches, but to our team, we are the eternal optimists.
More Jim Valvano Quotes
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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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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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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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The greatest gift you can give your children is to believe in them.
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Be a dreamer. If you don’t know how to dream, you’re dead.
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Every day ordinary people do extra-ordinary things!
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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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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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Are you saying that the assistant had the answers all along, he just wasn’t telling anyone?
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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, never ever give up.
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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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Other people go to the office. I get to coach. I know I’ve been blessed.
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Why shouldn’t I milk it? We’re an agricultural institution.
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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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