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
life basketball laughter
I just got one last thing, I urge all of you, all of you, to enjoy your life, the precious moments you have. To spend each day with some laughter and some thought, to get you're emotions going.
looks possibility unlimited
To find the unlimited scope of human possibility, look within yourself.
sports giving-up athlete
Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.
trust basketball motivational-sports
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.
life-changing moments uncertain
Life changes when you least expect it to. The future is uncertain. So, seize this day, seize this moment, and make the most of it.
dream laughter hard-work
To spend each day with some laughter and some thought, to get your emotions going. To be enthusiastic every day and as Ralph Waldo Emerson said, 'Nothing great could be accomplished without enthusiasm,' to keep your dreams alive in spite of problems whatever you have. The ability to be able to work hard for your dreams to come true, to become a reality.
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.
basketball sports giving-up
Don't give up. Don't ever give up.
people ordinary accomplish
In every single day, in every walk of life, ordinary people do extraordinary things. Ordinary People accomplish Extraordinary things.
motivational basketball dream
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.
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.
perseverance motivation enthusiasm
Nothing has ever been accomplished in any walk of life without enthusiasm, without motivation, and without perseverance.
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.
basketball daughter fathers-day
My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.