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20 quotes by Jim Valvano

Jim Valvano Sport(s) Basketball Biographical details Born (1946-03-10)March 10, 1946 Corona, Queens, New York Died April 28, 1993(1993-04-28) (aged 47) Durham, North Carolina Alma mater Rutgers University Playing career 1964–1967 Rutgers Position(s) Point guard Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1967–1969 1969–1970 1970–1972 1972–1975 1975–1980 1980–1990 Rutgers (asst.) Johns Hopkins Connecticut (asst.) Bucknell Iona North Carolina...
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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... →

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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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How do you go from where you are to where you wanna be? And I think you have to have an enthusiasm for life. You have to have a dream, a goal. And... →

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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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Don't give up. Don't ever give up.

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

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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... →

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

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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... →

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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... →

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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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Time is very precious to me. I don't know how much I have left and I have some things that I would like to say. Hopefully, at the end, I will... →

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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... →

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