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My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.
Jim Valvano
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Jim Valvano
Age: 47 †
Born: 1946
Born: March 10
Died: 1993
Died: April 28
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James Thomas Anthony Valvano
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A person really doesn't become whole, until he becomes a part of something that's bigger than himself.
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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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We win or the alumni bash in our teeth. (On the dental plan at NC State)
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I talked about my family, my family's so important.
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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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Every day ordinary people do extra-ordinary things!
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Don't give up. Don't ever give up.
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You need to have a dream, a goal, and you must be willing to work hard.
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Be a dreamer. If you don't know how to dream, you're dead.
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If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that’s a full day.
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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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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.
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Other people go to the office. I get to coach. I know I've been blessed.
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Nothing can happen if it's not first a dream. If you have someone with a dream, if you have a motivated person with a goal and a vision, if you have someone that never gives up, who has great hope, Anything can happen.
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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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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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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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Enjoy your life, the precious moments you have.
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