23 Inspirational Jim Valvano Quotes On Success
23 Inspirational Jim Valvano Quotes On Success – Jim Valvano was an American college basketball player, coach, and broadcaster. Valvano had an excellent coaching career with several schools, most notably at North Carolina State University. While head coach at NC State, his team won the 1983 national title against impossible odds. Valvano is best remembered for his gleeful celebration after winning the national championship against the much-loved Houston Cougars.
1.“We should do three things every day of our life. Number one is laugh. You should laugh every day. Number two is to think, we should spend some time in thought. And, number three is you should have your emotions moved to tears.” Jim Valvano
2.“In every single day, in every walk of life, ordinary people do extraordinary things. Ordinary People accomplish extraordinary things.” Jim Valvano
3.“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.” Jim Valvano
4.“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
5.“Nothing has ever been accomplished in any walk of life without enthusiasm, without motivation, and without perseverance.” Jim Valvano
6.“My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.” Jim Valvano
7.“I talked about my family; my family’s so important.” Jim Valvano
8.“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
9.“How do you go from where you are to where you want to be? And 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
10.“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
11.“Know where you have been, where you are now and where you want to be.” Jim Valvano
12.“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
13.“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
14.“There are 86,400 seconds in a day. It’s up to you to decide what to do with them.” Jim Valvano
15.“Don’t give up. Don’t ever give up.” Jim Valvano
16.“The greatest gift you can give your children is to believe in them.” Jim Valvano
17.“A person really doesn’t become whole, until he becomes a part of something that’s bigger than himself.” Jim Valvano
18.“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
19.“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
20.“Conceive the inconceivable – then accomplish it.” Jim Valvano
21.“Be a dreamer. If you don’t know how to dream, you’re dead.” Jim Valvano
22.“And if you see me, smile and maybe give me a hug. That’s important to me too.” Jim Valvano
