black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

I made a ridiculous statement when I first went to North Carolina State. I said I know basketball down there was like life or death. It was very wrong. It’s more important.

Jim Valvano

Don’t give up. Don’t ever give up.
JIM VALVANO

Give Up Inspirational
Coaches are basically schizophrenic. We are pessimistic to the press and among fellow coaches, but to our team, we are the eternal optimists.
JIM VALVANO

Forever Optimism Ourselves Pessimistic Team
Never give up, never ever give up.
JIM VALVANO

Failure Give Up Inspirational One Liner
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.
JIM VALVANO

Hope Myself Place Position Time
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 VALVANO

Business Game Pass Run Yourself
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.
JIM VALVANO

Cry Laughter Special Thinking Yourself
I will thank God for the day and the moment I have.
JIM VALVANO

God Moments Myself Thankful
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.
JIM VALVANO

Courage Family Mom Myself People Wife
Are you saying that the assistant had the answers all along, he just wasn’t telling anyone?
JIM VALVANO

Answer Assistant Himself Secret Silence
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 VALVANO

End Hope Important Legacy Myself People Time
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.
JIM VALVANO

Dreams Goal Greatness Hope Motivational Vision Yourself
I talked about my family, my family’s so important.
JIM VALVANO

Family Important Myself Talk
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.
JIM VALVANO

Forever Honor Myself Respect Treasure
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.
JIM VALVANO

Ability Heart Mindset Myself Physical Touch
Why shouldn’t I milk it? We’re an agricultural institution.
JIM VALVANO

Agriculture Institution Myself
Each day, be sure to laugh, to think, to cry; that’s one heckuva full day.
JIM VALVANO

Cry Day Laughter Oneself Thinking

I made a ridiculous statement when I first went to North Carolina State. I said I know basketball down there was like life or death. It was very wrong. It’s more important.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

I made a ridiculous statement when I first went to North Carolina State. I said I know basketball down there was like life or death. It was very wrong. It’s more important.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Jim Valvano Quotes