We 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.
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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The greatest gift you can give your children is to believe in them.
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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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Now, I look at where I am now and I know what I wanna to do. What I would like to be able to do is to spend whatever time I have left and to give, and maybe some hope to others.
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Don’t give up. Don’t ever give up.
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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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If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that’s a full day. That’s a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you’re going to have something special.
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Enjoy your life, the precious moments you have.
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It’s so important to know where you are.
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And if you see me, smile and maybe give me a hug. That’s important to me too.
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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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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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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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Spend each day with some laughter and some thought, to get you’re emotions going.
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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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