I remember Jim Valvano for his passion. His passion for the sport he loved, his passion for life. Jimmy V, as he was known, was a college basketball coach with great heart. After his coaching career was over, he worked as a broadcaster for ESPN. In 1992 he developed bone cancer, and lived only another year. Cancer may have ended his life in 1993, but he left us with a plethora of quotes about life, love, and how to live life to the fullest. Here are just a few of the many quotes by Jim Valvano that I find meaningful. Number 3, 6 and 8 are my favorites.
Top 10 Famous Jim Valvano Quotes
Jim Valvano Quotes #1
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
Jim Valvano Quotes #2
There are 86,400 seconds in a day. It's up to you to decide what to do with them.
Jim Valvano
Jim Valvano Quotes #3
To me, there are three things we all should do every day. We should do this every day of our lives. Number one is laugh. You should laugh every day. Number two is think. You should spend some time in thought. And number three is, you should have your emotions moved to tears, could be happiness or joy.
But think about it. 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
Jim Valvano Quotes #4
Be a dreamer. If you don't know how to dream, you're dead.
Jim Valvano
Jim Valvano Quotes #5
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
Jim Valvano Quotes #6
Don't give up, don't ever give up.
Jim Valvano
Jim Valvano Quotes #7
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
Jim Valvano Quotes #8
My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.
Jim Valvano
Jim Valvano Quotes #9
It's so important to know where you are.
Jim Valvano
Jim Valvano Quotes #10
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
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