56+ Best Jim Valvano Quotes: Exclusive Selection

James Thomas Anthony Valvano, nicknamed Jimmy V, was an American college basketball player, coach, and broadcaster. Profoundly inspirational Jim Valvano quotes will get you through anything when the going gets tough and help you succeed in every aspect of life.

Famous Jim Valvano Quotes

Everybody has to have a personal philosophy of how you live your life. Jim Valvano

Don’t give up. Don’t ever give up. Jim Valvano

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. Jim Valvano

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

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. Jim Valvano

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

Other people go to the office. I get to coach. I know I’ve been blessed. Jim Valvano

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

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

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

You plus motivation equals success. Jim Valvano

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. Jim Valvano

I am an ordinary guy, I want to do extraordinary things in my life and I believe that. Jim Valvano

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. Jim Valvano

We win or the alumni bash in our teeth. Jim Valvano

Enjoy your life, the precious moments you have. Jim Valvano

Spend each day with some laughter and some thought, to get you’re emotions going. Jim Valvano

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

Motivation to me vis three things. Three things I try to do each day. Jim Valvano

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

That’s me, I don’t like when people ask me how many weeks off we get before we start to work, that’s me. Maybe I am wrong but that’s just how I am. Jim Valvano

Every day ordinary people do extra ordinary things! Jim Valvano

I love what I do. Very fortunate. Enthusiasm. Give yourself an enthusiasm check Jim Valvano

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. Jim Valvano

I just got one last thing, I urge all of you, all of you, to enjoy your life, the precious moments you have. Jim Valvano

To find the unlimited scope of human possibility, look within yourself. Jim Valvano

How many people do you know who’ve had their dream come true? You’re looking at one. Jim Valvano

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. Jim Valvano

Nothing can happen if it’s not first a dream. Jim Valvano

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. Jim Valvano

To find the unlimited scope of human possibility, look within yourself. Jim Valvano

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

To me there are three things everyone should do every day. Number one is laugh. Number two is think  spend some time in thought. Number three, you should have your emotions move you to tears. Jim Valvano.

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

It’s so important to know where you are. And I know where I am right now. Jim Valvano

Take time every day to laugh, to think, to cry. Jim Valvano

Family, religion Rutgers basketball. All eyes on me. I got it. Jim Valvano

If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that’s a full day. Jim Valvano

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

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. Jim Valvano

My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person. He believed in me. Jim Valvano

Conceive the inconceivable  then accomplish it. Jim Valvano

How enthusiastic are you every day, every day in your profession? Jim Valvano

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

And if you see me, smile and maybe give me a hug. That’s important to me too. Jim Valvano

I will thank God for the day and the moment I have. Jim Valvano

It’s so important to know where you are. Jim Valvano

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. Jim Valvano

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. Jim Valvano

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. Jim Valvano

Other people go to the office. I get to coach. I know I’ve been blessed. Jim Valvano

But try if you can to support, whether it’s AIDS or the cancer foundation, so that someone else might survive, might prosper, and might actually be cured of this dreaded disease. Jim Valvano

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. Jim Valvano

And I’m going to work as hard as I can for cancer research and hopefully, maybe, we’ll have some cures and some breakthroughs. Jim Valvano

Don’t give up. Don’t ever give up. Jim Valvano