“Be a dreamer. If you don’t know how to dream, you’re dead.” ― Jim Valvano
“Know where you have been, where you are now and where you want to be.” ― Jim Valvano
“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
“You need to have a dream, a goal, and you must be willing to work hard.” ― Jim Valvano
“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
“The greatest gift you can give your children is to believe in them.” ― Jim Valvano
“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
“To find the unlimited scope of human possibility, look within yourself.” ― Jim Valvano
“In every single day, in every walk of life, ordinary people do extraordinary things. Ordinary People accomplish extraordinary things.” ― Jim Valvano
“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
“There are 86,400 seconds in a day. It’s up to you to decide what to do with them.” ― Jim Valvano
“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
“Conceive the inconceivable – then accomplish it.” ― Jim Valvano
“Nothing has ever been accomplished in any walk of life without enthusiasm, without motivation, and without perseverance.” ― Jim Valvano
“Don’t give up. Don’t ever give up.” ― Jim Valvano
“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
“Spend each day with some laughter and some thought, to get you’re emotions going.” ― Jim Valvano
“Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.” ― Jim Valvano
“A person really doesn’t become whole, until he becomes a part of something that’s bigger than himself.” ― Jim Valvano
“It’s so important to know where you are.” ― Jim Valvano
“The difference between Namath and me is that when you make the money he makes; they say you’re ruggedly handsome. When you make the money I make, they say you have a big nose.” ― Jim Valvano
“Every day ordinary people do extra-ordinary things!”– Jim Valvano
“I’m going to fight my brains out to be back here again next year for the Arthur Ashe recipient. I want to give it next year!” Jim Valvano
“It’s so important to know where you are.” ― Jim Valvano
“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
“People think I have courage. The courage in my family are my wife Pam, my three daughters, here, Nicole, Jamie, LeeAnn, my mom, who’s right here too.” ― Jim Valvano
“I just got one last thing, I urge all of you, all of you, to enjoy your life, the precious moments you have. To spend each day with some laughter and some thought, to get you’re emotions going.” ― 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
“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
