Jim Valvano

Quotes by Jim Valvano

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Basketball player, coach, and broadcaster · American · 1946–1993

American basketball player, coach, and broadcaster (1946–1993)

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

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“My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.”
— Jim Valvano
believe believe-in-yourself believed dad

“How do you go from where you are to where you wanna 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
Life Goal Dream

“I will thank God for the day and the moment I have.”
— Jim Valvano
Day Thank God Moment

“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
Family Mom Wife

“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
Thinking Me Think

“And if you see me, smile and maybe give me a hug. That's important to me too.”
— Jim Valvano
Me Hug You

“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
Run You Place

“Now, I look at where I am now and I know what I wanna to do. What I would like to be able to do is to spend whatever time I have left and to give, and maybe some hope to others.”
— Jim Valvano
Time I Am Know

“Be a dreamer. If you don't know how to dream, you're dead.”
— Jim Valvano
Dream Know You