Jim Valvano on statement
Jim Valvano49 quotes“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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Conceive the inconceivable – then accomplish it.
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Jim ValvanoJim Valvano You need to have a dream, a goal, and you must be willing to work hard.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano Every day ordinary people do extra-ordinary things!
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano Never give up, never ever give up.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano 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.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano Why shouldn’t I milk it? We’re an agricultural institution.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano Spend each day with some laughter and some thought, to get you’re emotions going.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano 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.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano In every single day, in every walk of life, ordinary people do extraordinary things. Ordinary People accomplish Extraordinary things.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano 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.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano 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.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that’s a full day.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano 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)
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano Know where you have been, where you are now and where you want to be.
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Adam GrantAdam Grant If we want to make a statement about a man’s nature on the basis of his physiognomy, we must take everything into account; it is in his distress that a man is tested, for then his nature is revealed.
ParacelsusParacelsus To get at the meaning of a statement the logical positivist asks, “What would the world be like if it were true?”
Abraham KaplanAbraham Kaplan The operationist asks, “What would we have to do to come to believe it?” For the pragmatist the question is, “What would we do if did believe it?”
Abraham KaplanAbraham Kaplan All the world loves a ghost. The evidence of that simple statement can be found by looking in nearly every direction.
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