My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.
JIM VALVANOAnd if you see me, smile and maybe give me a hug. That’s important to me too.
More Jim Valvano Quotes
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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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Each day, be sure to laugh, to think, to cry; that’s one heckuva full day.
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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’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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In every single day, in every walk of life, ordinary people do extraordinary things. Ordinary People accomplish Extraordinary things.
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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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To find the unlimited scope of human possibility, look within yourself.
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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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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 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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Conceive the inconceivable – then accomplish it.
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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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I talked about my family, my family’s so important.
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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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