Jim Valvano’s Death – Cause and Date

The basketball coach Jim Valvano died at the age of 47. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Head coach who led North Carolina State University to a classic NCAA Championship in 1983.

He had three daughters, Nicole, Jamie, and Lee Ann, with his wife Pamela Levine.

Quotes

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“If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that’s a full day. That’s a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you’re going to have something special.” (Jim Valvano)

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“Cancer can take away all of my physical abilities. It cannot touch my mind, it cannot touch my heart, and it cannot touch my soul.” (Jim Valvano)

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“And if you see me, smile and maybe give me a hug. That’s important to me too.” (Jim Valvano)

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“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)

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“Don’t give up. Don’t ever give up.” (Jim Valvano)