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 have said something that will be important to other people, too.
JIM VALVANOEnjoy your life, the precious moments you have.
More Jim Valvano Quotes
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Every day ordinary people do extra-ordinary things!
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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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Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.
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It’s so important to know where you are.
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Why shouldn’t I milk it? We’re an agricultural institution.
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My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.
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Each day, be sure to laugh, to think, to cry; that’s one heckuva full day.
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To find the unlimited scope of human possibility, look within yourself.
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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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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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Enjoy your life, the precious moments you have.
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You need to have a dream, a goal, and you must be willing to work hard.
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If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that’s a full day.
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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 you have to be willing to work for it.
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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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