Jim Valvano

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

— Jim Valvano

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

— Jim Valvano

How do you go from where you are to where you want to 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

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 them.

— Jim Valvano

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

— Jim Valvano

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

— Jim Valvano

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

Now, I look at where I am now, and I know what I want 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

People think I have courage. The courage in my family are my wife Pam, my three daughters, here, Nicole, Jamie, Leann, my mom, who's right here too.

— Jim Valvano