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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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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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A person really doesn't become whole, until he becomes a part of something that's bigger than himself.
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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 talked about my family, my family's so important.
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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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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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Be a dreamer. If you don't know how to dream, you're dead.
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Why shouldn't I milk it? We're an agricultural institution.
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Every day ordinary people do extra-ordinary things!
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All really successful coaches have a system.
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Don't give up. Don't ever give up.
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Enjoy your life, the precious moments you have.
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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'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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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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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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We win or the alumni bash in our teeth. (On the dental plan at NC State)
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I will thank God for the day and the moment I have.
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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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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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