Quotes about basketball
basketball beyond four goes teammates
All four years I had outstanding teammates and it goes beyond the basketball court. After basketball I will still have them as friends.
basketball fifth great hard playing since takes together
All it takes is hard work. We've been playing basketball together since the fifth grade. It's just great to get back to state.
basketball both huge people reason
A.J. and I were about as competitive as two people can be. Actually, competitive is a big understatement. It could be in golf, poker, basketball - we just compete. That's a big reason why we both have done so well in competitive situations. It's a huge part of us.
basketball group player
You don't have to be a basketball player to participate. If you just want to be a part of a group this is the place to be.
basketball team school
My whole family likes to play basketball. George II plays for his high school team and George III and George IV and George V are going to be good players. One day we're going to have a team and call it Georgetown. George Foreman
basketball mistake practice
Specialists can never practice their specialties too much. The danger is in not practicing enough. Make that mistake, and soon you may not be in the specialty business anymore. Johnny Unitas
basketball games coaching
Prepare for every game like you just lost your last game. Lon Kruger
basketball giving able
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
basketball differences noses
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. (On resembling Joe Namath) Jim Valvano
basketball important firsts
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
basketball mom daughter
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
basketball team intelligent
We have a very intelligent team. I've had clubs that when you tell a guy to go back door, he leaves the gym. Or you tell the team you're going to have a closed practice and eight guys don't show up. Jim Valvano
basketball milk institutions
Why shouldn't I milk it? We're an agricultural institution. Jim Valvano
basketball successful coaching
All really successful coaches have a system. Jim Valvano
basketball children important
We need your help. I need your help. We need money for research. It may not save my life. It may save my children's life. It may save someone you love. And it's very important. Jim Valvano
basketball forever honor
I can't tell you what an honor it is, to even be mentioned in the same breath with Arthur Ashe. This is something I certainly will treasure forever. Jim Valvano
basketball important my-family
I talked about my family, my family's so important. Jim Valvano
basketball cancer support
But try if you can to support, whether it's AIDS or the cancer foundation, so that someone else might survive, might prosper, and might actually be cured of this dreaded disease. Jim Valvano
basketball winning teeth
We win or the alumni bash in our teeth. (On the dental plan at NC State) Jim Valvano
basketball up-to-you basketball-coach
There are 86,400 seconds in a day. It's up to you to decide what to do with them. Jim Valvano
basketball important where-you-are
It's so important to know where you are. Jim Valvano
basketball thank-god moments
I will thank God for the day and the moment I have. Jim Valvano
basketball running business
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
basketball dream knows
Be a dreamer. If you don't know how to dream, you're dead. Jim Valvano
basketball motivational-sports blessed
Other people go to the office. I get to coach. I know I've been blessed. Jim Valvano
basketball thinking nba
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
basketball sports giving-up
Don't give up. Don't ever give up. Jim Valvano
basketball cancer heart
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
basketball thinking should-have
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
basketball daughter fathers-day
My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me. Jim Valvano
basketball team coaching
If you don't hold your team accountable then you will lose credibility and your team will be spoiled. John Brady
basketball coaching tolerate
You get what you tolerate! John Brady
basketball player lsu
What we do at LSU is to develop players and make them better. John Brady