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The quotes are taken from some of the best in the game!

December Quotes

  1. Jimmy V Quotes: “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
  2. December 2nd Jimmy V Week Jimmy V Quotes: “Don’t give up. Don’t ever give up.”
  3. “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.”
  4. “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.”
  5. Dentist Jokes: “We win or the alumni bash in our teeth.” (explaining the dental plan at North Carolina State)
  6. Milk Jokes: “Why shouldn’t I milk it? We’re an agricultural institution.” (after all his endorsement offers after North Carolina State won the NCAA Tournament)
  7. December 7th, 1956 Larry Bird Quotes “I’ve got a theory that if you give 100 percent all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.” Larry Bird
  8. John Wooden Quotes: “Big things are accomplished only through the perfection of minor details.” John Wooden

January

  1. “He’s a PTPer tonight, baby!” Dick Vitale
  2. “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
  3. “Discipline yourself and others won’t need to.” John Wooden
  4. “As long as you try your best, you are never a failure. That is, unless you blame others.” John Wooden
  5. “He’s a Diaper Dandy!” Dick Vitale
  6. “Never make excuses. Your friends don’t need them and your foes won’t believe them.” John Wooden
  7. “We win or the alumni bash in our teeth.” (explaining the dental plan at North Carolina State) Jim Valvano
  8. “He’s awesome, baby, with a capital “A.” Dick Vitale
  9. “Do not permit what you cannot do to interfere with what you can do.” John Wooden
  10. “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.” Jim Valvano
  11. “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
  12. “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.” Jim Valvano
  13. “There are 86,400 seconds in a day. It’s up to you to decide what to do with them.” Jim Valvano
  14. “Don’t give up. Don’t ever give up.” Jim Valvano
  15. “My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.” Jim Valvano
  16. “While you can’t control what happens to you, you can control how you react.” John Wooden

March

  1. Jimmy V Quotes March 10, 1946  “Don’t give up. Don’t ever give up.” Jimmy Valvano