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.
JIM VALVANONo 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.
More Jim Valvano Quotes
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Why shouldn’t I milk it? We’re an agricultural institution.
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Every day ordinary people do extra-ordinary things!
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People think I have courage. The courage in my family are my wife Pam, my three daughters, here, Nicole, Jamie, LeeAnn, my mom, who’s right here too.
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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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Conceive the inconceivable – then accomplish it.
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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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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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Life changes when you least expect it to. The future is uncertain. So, seize this day, seize this moment, and make the most of it.
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Never give up, never ever give up.
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We need your help. I need your help. We need money for research. It may not save my life. It may save my children’s life. It may save someone you love. And it’s very important.
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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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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. That’s a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you’re going to have something special.
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Spend each day with some laughter and some thought, to get you’re emotions going.
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Nothing has ever been accomplished in any walk of life without enthusiasm, without motivation, and without perseverance.
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