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You need to have a dream, a goal, and you must be willing to work hard.
Jim Valvano
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Jim Valvano
Age: 47 †
Born: 1946
Born: March 10
Died: 1993
Died: April 28
Basketball Coach
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Queens
New York
James Thomas Anthony Valvano
Jimmy V
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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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We win or the alumni bash in our teeth. (On the dental plan at NC State)
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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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In every single day, in every walk of life, ordinary people do extraordinary things. Ordinary People accomplish Extraordinary things.
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Other people go to the office. I get to coach. I know I've been blessed.
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There are 86,400 seconds in a day. It's up to you to decide what to do with them.
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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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Why shouldn't I milk it? We're an agricultural institution.
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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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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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To find the unlimited scope of human possibility, look within yourself.
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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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Every day ordinary people do extra-ordinary things!
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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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A person really doesn't become whole, until he becomes a part of something that's bigger than himself.
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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 talked about my family, my family's so important.
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If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that’s a full day.
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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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Are you saying that the assistant had the answers all along, he just wasn't telling anyone?
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