Jim Valvano Quotes

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

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

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

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

All really successful coaches have a system.

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.

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

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.

It's so important to know where you are.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Enjoy your life, the precious moments you have.

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

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

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

Never give up... never ever give up.

Every day ordinary people do extra-ordinary things!

Conceive the inconceivable - then accomplish it.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.