Gift box with gathered untied raspberry ribbon

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Jim Valvano

My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person: he believed in me.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

Belief is valued as a gift that one person can give another. The speaker places his father’s confidence in him above every other form of generosity. That ranking makes being trusted and taken seriously the measure of what mattered in their relationship.

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