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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

A person really doesn’t become whole, until he becomes a part of something that’s bigger than himself.
JIM VALVANO

Big Himself Person Spiritual
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
Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.
JIM VALVANO

Failure Give Up Rejection Success
My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.
JIM VALVANO

Believe Father Greatness Himself Myself
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

Death Life Myself Statement Wrong
I talked about my family, my family’s so important.
JIM VALVANO

Family Important Myself Talk
Now I’m fighting cancer, everybody knows that. People ask me all the time about how you go through your life and how’s your day, and nothing is changed for me.
JIM VALVANO

Cancer Change Fight Myself People Time
The greatest gift you can give your children is to believe in them.
JIM VALVANO

Believe Children Greatness Yourself
Nothing has ever been accomplished in any walk of life without enthusiasm, without motivation, and without perseverance.
JIM VALVANO

Accomplishment Motivational Perseverance Walk
You need to have a dream, a goal, and you must be willing to work hard.
JIM VALVANO

Dreams Goal Hard Work Willing
Other people go to the office. I get to coach. I know I’ve been blessed.
JIM VALVANO

Blessing Myself Office People
Be a dreamer. If you don’t know how to dream, you’re dead.
JIM VALVANO

Death Dreams Numb Yourself
There are 86,400 seconds in a day. It’s up to you to decide what to do with them.
JIM VALVANO

Day Decision Freedom Management Myself Time
Take time every day to laugh, to think, to cry.
JIM VALVANO

Cry Laughter Thinking Time
Never give up, never ever give up.
JIM VALVANO

Failure Give Up Inspirational One Liner
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.
JIM VALVANO

Intelligence Leaving Practice Show Team Yourself

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.

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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.

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