Jim Valvano Quotes

"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

"I asked a ref if he could give me a technical foul for thinking bad things about him. He said, of course not. I said, well, I think you stink. And he gave me a technical. You can't trust em."
-Jim Valvano

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

""Don't give up, don't ever give up.""
-Jim Valvano

"To me there are three things everyone should do every day. Number one is laugh. Number two is think -- spend some time time in thought. Number three, you should have your emotions move you to tears. If you laugh, think and cry, that's a heck of a day."
-Jim Valvano

"How do you go from where you are to where you want to be? I think you have to have an enthusiasm for life. You have to have a dream, a goal, and you have to be willing to work for it."
-Jim Valvano