Jim Valvano

“Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.”

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

“There are 86,400 seconds in a day. It's up to you to decide what to do with them.”

“I know, I gotta go, I gotta go, and I got one last thing and I said it before, and I'm gonna say it again: Cancer can take away all my physical ability. It cannot touch my mind; it cannot touch my heart; and it cannot touch my soul. And those three things are going to carry on forever.”

“Don't give up, don't ever give up.”

“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.”