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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.

Jim Valvano

Be a dreamer. If you don’t know how to dream, you’re dead.
JIM VALVANO

Death Dreams Numb Yourself
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.
JIM VALVANO

Death Life Myself Statement Wrong
The greatest gift you can give your children is to believe in them.
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Believe Children Greatness Yourself
I will thank God for the day and the moment I have.
JIM VALVANO

God Moments Myself Thankful
You need to have a dream, a goal, and you must be willing to work hard.
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Dreams Goal Hard Work Willing
If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that’s a full day.
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Cry Day Laughter Thinking Yourself
Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.
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Failure Give Up Rejection Success
Are you saying that the assistant had the answers all along, he just wasn’t telling anyone?
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Answer Assistant Himself Secret Silence
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.
JIM VALVANO

Business Game Pass Run Yourself
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.
JIM VALVANO

Cure Foundation Prosper Support Survive Try Yourself
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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Appearance Difference Handsome Money Yourself
My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.
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Believe Father Greatness Himself Myself
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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Ability Heart Mindset Myself Physical Touch
Spend each day with some laughter and some thought, to get you’re emotions going.
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Emotion Laughter Thinking Yourself
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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Hope Myself Place Position Time
I talked about my family, my family’s so important.
JIM VALVANO

Family Important Myself Talk

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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