Jim Valvano
Jim Valvano
James Thomas Anthony Valvano, nicknamed Jimmy V, was an American college basketball player, coach, and broadcaster...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth10 March 1946
CountryUnited States of America
cancer years people
I'll also tell you that five hundred thousand people will die this year of cancer. And I'll also tell you that one in every four will be afflicted with this disease, and yet, somehow, we seem to have put it in a little bit of the background.
smile basketball giving
And if you see me, smile and maybe give me a hug. That's important to me too.
thinking laughing cry
If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that’s a full day.
laughter each-day emotion
Spend each day with some laughter and some thought, to get you're emotions going.
basketball winning teeth
We win or the alumni bash in our teeth. (On the dental plan at NC State)
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.
attitude team pessimistic
Coaches are basically schizophrenic. We are pessimistic to the press and among fellow coaches, but to our team, we are the eternal optimists.
basketball important where-you-are
It's so important to know where you are.
cancer fighting people
Now I'm fighting cancer, everybody knows that. People ask me all the time about how you go through your life and how's your day, and nothing is changed for me.
dream hard-work goal
You need to have a dream, a goal, and you must be willing to work hard.
basketball thank-god moments
I will thank God for the day and the moment I have.
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.
basketball dream knows
Be a dreamer. If you don't know how to dream, you're dead.
basketball motivational-sports blessed
Other people go to the office. I get to coach. I know I've been blessed.