Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to s... by Jim Valvano

Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.

Jim Valvano

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Know where you have been, where you are now and where you want to... by Jim Valvano

Know where you have been, where you are now and where you want to be

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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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I will thank God for the day and the moment I have. by Jim Valvano

I will thank God for the day and the moment I have.

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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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Be a dreamer. If you don't know how to dream, you're dead. by Jim Valvano

Be a dreamer. If you don't know how to dream, you're dead.

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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.

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Coaches are basically schizophrenic. We are pessimistic to the press and among fellow coaches, but to our team, we are the eternal optimists.

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To find the unlimited scope of human possibility, look within you... by Jim Valvano

To find the unlimited scope of human possibility, look within yourself.

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It's so important to know where you are. by Jim Valvano

It's so important to know where you are.

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If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that’s a full day. by Jim Valvano

If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that’s a full day.

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Why shouldn't I milk it? We're an agricultural institution. by Jim Valvano

Why shouldn't I milk it? We're an agricultural institution.

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Spend each day with some laughter and some thought, to get you're... by Jim Valvano

Spend each day with some laughter and some thought, to get you're emotions going.

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And if you see me, smile and maybe give me a hug. That's importan... by Jim Valvano

And if you see me, smile and maybe give me a hug. That's important to me too.

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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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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.

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Each day, be sure to laugh, to think, to cry; that's one heckuva... by Jim Valvano

Each day, be sure to laugh, to think, to cry; that's one heckuva full day.

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Other people go to the office. I get to coach. I know I've been b... by Jim Valvano

Other people go to the office. I get to coach. I know I've been blessed.

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Every day ordinary people do extra-ordinary things! by Jim Valvano

Every day ordinary people do extra-ordinary things!

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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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We win or the alumni bash in our teeth. (On the dental plan at NC... by Jim Valvano

We win or the alumni bash in our teeth. (On the dental plan at NC State)

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