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
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.
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.
people important ends
Time is very precious to me. I don't know how much I have left and I have some things that I would like to say. Hopefully, at the end, I will have said something that will be important to other people too.
basketball important my-family
I talked about my family, my family's so important.
basketball important where-you-are
It's so important to know where you are.
american-coach coach locker room special stood time
The very first time you stood in the locker room to give a pep talk. That's a special place, the locker room, for a coach to give a talk.
days emotions full happiness heck laugh moved number seven spend three time
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.
emotions heck move number spend three time
To me there are three things everyone should do every day. Number one is laugh. Number two is think -- spend some time time in thought. Number three, you should have your emotions move you to tears. If you laugh, think and cry, that's a heck of a day.
enthusiasm willing work
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.
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.
thinking laughing cry
Take time every day to laugh, to think, to cry.
accomplish
Conceive the inconceivable - then accomplish it.
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)
want where-you-are knows
Know where you have been, where you are now and where you want to be