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" My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me. "
Jim Valvano
Gift
Father's Day
Father
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" I'm a strong person, I'm a strong family man, I'm a strong husband and a strong father. "
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" I imagine God to be like my father. My father was always the voice of certainty in my life. Certainty in the wisdom, certainty in the path, certainty always in God. For me God is certainty in everything. Certainty that everything is good and everything is God. "
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" Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart. "
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" How many people do you know who've had their dream come true? You're looking at one. "
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" I was an absolute maniac, a terrible husband and father. "
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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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" I'm a good dad; I spend a lot of time with my kids. "
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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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" You don't have to deserve your mother's love. You have to deserve your father's. "
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" I'm not happy to be here. I'm just happy to be! "
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" I'm a father; that's what matters most. Nothing matters more. "
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" Now, I look at where I am now and I know what I wanna to do. What I would like to be able to do is to spend whatever time I have left and to give, and maybe some hope to others. "
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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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