50 Jim Valvano Quotes and Sayings that Motivate You

50 Jim Valvano Quotes and Sayings that Motivate You
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Jim Valvano, often known as Jimmy V, was a basketball player who went on to coach. The affable basketball coach had a gift for putting thoughts into words. These Jim Valvano quotes will motivate you to overcome obstacles and achieve success in life.

Quotes by Jim Valvano

His wit and intellect are on display in this article. Here's a collection of Jim Valvano's best quotations, featuring Jim Valvano, who discusses daily struggles, his job, and much more.

1. "Everybody has to have a personal philosophy of how you live your life."

2. "Time is extremely valuable to me." I'm not sure how much time I have left, but I have certain things I'd like to say."

3. "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."

4. "Others go to the office." I'll be coaching. "I know I've been fortunate."

5. "Know where you have been, where you are now and where you want to be." Valvano, Jim.

6. "You plus motivation equals success."

Here's a collection of Jim Valvano's best quotations, featuring Jim Valvano, who discusses daily struggles, his job, and much more 

7. "I am an ordinary guy, I want to do extraordinary things in my life and I believe that." Valvano, Jim.

8. "We win or the alumni bash in our teeth."

9. "Spend each day with some laughter and some thought, to get you're emotions going."

10. "Motivation to me in three ways." Every day, I aim to do three things."

11. "That's me, I don't like it when people ask how many weeks off we have before we start working, that's me." Maybe I'm mistaken, but that's simply how I am."

12. "I enjoy what I do." That is extremely fortunate. Enthusiasm. Check your level of enthusiasm."

13. "I just got one last thing, I urge all of you, all of you, to enjoy your life, the precious moments you have."

14. "How many people do you know whose dreams have come true?" You're about to see one."

15. "Nothing can happen if it's not first a dream."

Here's a collection of Jim Valvano's best quotations, featuring Jim Valvano, who discusses daily struggles, his job, and much more 

16. "To find the unlimited scope of human possibility, look within yourself."

17. A day consists of 86,400 seconds. You must determine what to do with them.

18. "It's critical to know where you are. And I know exactly where I am."

19. "Family, religion, and basketball at Rutgers." Every eye is on me. "I've got it."

20. "Never give up!" Failure and rejection are just the first steps toward success."

21. "My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could ever give to another person." He had faith in me."

22. "How enthusiastic are you every day, every day in your profession?"

23. "And if you see me, please smile and maybe give me a hug." That is also essential to me."

24. "It's so important to know where you are."

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25. "I'll also tell you that five hundred thousand people will die this year of cancer, and that one in every four will be afflicted with this disease, and yet, somehow, we seem to have pushed it to the background."

26. "Cancer can take away all of my physical abilities, but it cannot touch my mind, heart, or soul."

27. "But try if you can to support, whether it's AIDS or cancer."

28. "And I'm going to work as hard as I can for cancer research and hopefully, maybe, we'll have some cures and some breakthroughs."

29. "I'm going to fight like hell to be back here next year for the Arthur Ashe award." I'd like to do it again next year!"

30. "Never give up. Never, ever quit up."

Quotes by Jim Valvano

31. "I'm 21 years old and the kids I'm coaching are 19 and I'm going to be the greatest coach in the world."

32."I set out very deliberately to become known." The only thing I could have underestimated was how simple it would be."

33. "That's a special place in the locker room for a coach to give a talk."

34. "A full day is when you laugh, think, and cry." That's a fantastic day. You're going to have something extraordinary if you do that seven days a week."-

35. "Be a dreamer." You're dead if you don't know how to dream."

36. "What people don't realize, he's a ten times better person than he is a coach."

Here's a collection of Jim Valvano's best quotations, featuring Jim Valvano, who discusses daily struggles, his job, and much more

37. "I'm a very emotional and passionate man and I can't help it, that's being the son of Rocco and Angelina Valvano."

38. "How do you get from where you are to where you want to be?" And I believe you must be enthusiastic about life." You must have a dream and a goal. And you must work for it."

39. "Hopefully, at the end, I will have said something that will be important to other people too."

40. "I talked about my family, my family's so important."

41. "I will thank God for the day and the moment I have."

42."Be a dreamer." You're dead if you don't know how to dream."

43. "I just have one last thing to say: I urge you all, all of you, to enjoy your life and the precious moments you have." To spend each day laughing and thinking in order to get your emotions going."

44. "I'm not happy to be here." I'm just glad to be here!"

Here's a collection of Jim Valvano's best quotations, featuring Jim Valvano, who discusses daily struggles, his job, and much more

45. "And if you see me, please smile and possibly give me a hug." That is also essential to me."

46. "No matter what business you're in, you can't stand still or someone will pass you by." It makes no difference how many games you've won."

47. "I was an absolute maniac, a terrible husband and father."

48. "Now, I look at where I am and I know what I want to do." What I'd like to be able to do is spend whatever time I have left giving, and perhaps some hope, to others."

49. "I can't tell you how much of an honor it is to be mentioned in the same breath as Arthur Ashe." This is something I will cherish for the rest of my life."

50. "A full day is when you laugh, think, and cry." That's a fantastic day. You're going to have something extraordinary if you do that seven days a week."

 

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