89 Quotes by Jim Valvano

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

I made a ridiculous statement when I first went to North Carolina State. I said I know basketball down there was like life or death. It was very wrong. It's more important.

We have a very intelligent team. I've had clubs that when you tell a guy to go back door, he leaves the gym. Or you tell the team you're going to have a closed practice and eight guys don't show up.

Why shouldn't I milk it? We're an agricultural institution.

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

Enjoy your life, the precious moments you have.

All really successful coaches have a system.

Are you saying that the assistant had the answers all along, he just wasn't telling anyone?

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.