Jim Valvano Quotes, Thoughts and images

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.

Nothing has ever been accomplished in any walk of life without enthusiasm, without motivation, and without perseverance.

In every single day, in every walk of life, ordinary people do extraordinary things. Ordinary People accomplish Extraordinary things.

Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.

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

Don't give up. Don't ever give up.

There are 86,400 seconds in a day. It's up to you to decide what to do with them.

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

Know where you have been, where you are now and where you want to be

The greatest gift you can give your children is to believe in them.

Conceive the inconceivable - then accomplish it.

Every day ordinary people do extra-ordinary things!

Never give up... never ever give up.

You need to have a dream, a goal, and you must be willing to work hard.

Spend each day with some laughter and some thought, to get you're emotions going.

To find the unlimited scope of human possibility, look within yourself.

Enjoy your life, the precious moments you have.

Be a dreamer. If you don't know how to dream, you're dead.

Other people go to the office. I get to coach. I know I've been blessed.

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

If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that’s a full day.

I will thank God for the day and the moment I have.

Each day, be sure to laugh, to think, to cry; that's one heckuva full day.

It's so important to know where you are.

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.

We win or the alumni bash in our teeth. (On the dental plan at NC State)

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.

All really successful coaches have a system.

Take time every day to laugh, to think, to cry.

And if you see me, smile and maybe give me a hug. That's important to me too.

Are you saying that the assistant had the answers all along, he just wasn't telling anyone?

I talked about my family, my family's so important.