I will thank God for the day and the moment I have.
JIM VALVANOEnjoy your life, the precious moments you have.
More Jim Valvano Quotes
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It’s so important to know where you are.
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All really successful coaches have a system.
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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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I asked a ref if he could give me a technical foul for thinking bad things about him. He said, of course not. I said, well, I think you stink. And he gave me a technical. You can’t trust em.
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Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.
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If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that’s a full day.
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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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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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Every day ordinary people do extra-ordinary things!
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My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.
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You need to have a dream, a goal, and you must be willing to work hard.
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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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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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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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