Jim Valvano Quotes

The fighters who give it all will be around for next year. Give it all you've got. Don't save anything.

Nothing earthly will make me give up my work in despair.

I won't quit skating until I am physically unable.

I had to either get better or leave the field. I couldn't go back to my village as a failure. The only thing that occurred to me was that I would work hard and get better next year. I feel that my love for the craft has got me this far, and this love is still there.

We need to keep fighting for every ball.

I think Chelsea is Chelsea. No matter the players we have, we have to fight until the end in every competition.

I've never pulled out of a fight. I've never missed weight.

...what good would it do to shutter your windows, never dream of rainbows or find hope in promises? Why choose to walk away rather than hold your ground and fight for love?

Where you are is where it's at.... Don't ever give up & don't ever give in.

Never give up on something you love

I have two things going for me. The first is the fidelity to my principles, and the other is my ability to show up for the fight every day. Period that.

It's never right to give up on someone.

If you work hard the fight's easy. If you don't work hard then the fight's hard.

If at first you don't succeed, try hard work.

We aren't particularly talented. We try harder!

Perseverance is one key. And do what you like.

I do not want to know what you will hope for. I want to know what you will work for. I do not want your sympathy for the needs of humanity. I want your muscle. As the wagon driver said when they came to a long, hard hill: ‘Them that’s going on with us, get out and push. Them that ain’t, get out of the way’.

At the beginning of a novel, a writer needs confidence, but after that what's required is persistence. These traits sound similar. They aren't. Confidence is what politicians, seducers and currency speculators have, but persistence is a quality found in termites. It's the blind drive to keep on working that persists after confidence breaks down.

Golf was my life. I didn't want to give it up. So I went to work!

Most people who fail in their dream fail not from lack of ability but from lack of commitment.

We're on a hunt, Cooper. When you're on a hunt, you do whatever it takes.

I told myself there was no way I was going to let this training go to waste. It was my time, and I was ready to go.

Part of paying the price is the willingness to do whatever it takes to get the job done. It comes from a declaration that you are going to get it done no matter what it takes, no matter how long it takes, no matter what comes up.

You've got to have gumption. You've got to be willing to stand up on the stage for no money for ten years.

As long as I draw breath and am able, I won't give up practicing philosophy.