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

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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Every day ordinary people do extra-ordinary things!
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We have a very intelligent team. I've had clubs that when you tell a guy to go back door, he leaves the gym. Or you tell the team you're going to have a closed practice and eight guys don't show up.
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If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that’s a full day.
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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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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.
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If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day. That's a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you're going to have something special.
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To find the unlimited scope of human possibility, look within yourself.
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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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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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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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My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.
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