10 Quotes & Sayings By Jim Valvano

Jim Valvano was an American college basketball coach, who won two national championships at North Carolina State University. Valvano was named head coach of the U.S. men's basketball team for the 1990 FIBA World Championship. He died in 1993, aged 51, after suffering a heart attack while coaching his team to victory over Georgetown at the Bobcats' Smith Center court.

My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give...
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My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me. Jim Valvano
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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. Jim Valvano
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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. Jim Valvano
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Be a dreamer. If you don't know how to dream, you're dead. Jim Valvano
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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
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I will thank God for the day and the moment I have. Jim Valvano
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People think I have courage. The courage in my family are my wife Pam, my three daughters, here, Nicole, Jamie, LeeAnn, my mom, who's right here too. Jim Valvano
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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
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And if you see me, smile and maybe give me a hug. That's important to me too. Jim Valvano