Jim Valvano Quotes

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.

Nothing has ever been accomplished in any walk of life without enthusiasm, without motivation, and without perseverance.

In every single day, in every walk of life, ordinary people do extraordinary things. Ordinary People accomplish Extraordinary things.

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.

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.

Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.

Don't give up. Don't ever give up.

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.

There are 86,400 seconds in a day. It's up to you to decide what to do with them.

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.

My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.

A person really doesn't become whole, until he becomes a part of something that's bigger than himself.

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

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.

Know where you have been, where you are now and where you want to be

The greatest gift you can give your children is to believe in them.

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.

Conceive the inconceivable - then accomplish it.

Enjoy your life, the precious moments you have.

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.

Never give up...never ever give up.

You need to have a dream, a goal, and you must be willing to work hard.

Every day ordinary people do extra-ordinary things!

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.

Be a dreamer. If you don't know how to dream, you're dead.