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Jim Valvano Quotes

«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.»
«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.»
«My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.»
Author: Jim Valvano (basketball coach) | Keywords: my father
«Be a dreamer. If you don't know how to dream, you're dead.»
«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.»
«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.»
«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.»