A Quote by Jim Valvano

I can't tell you what an honor it is, to even be mentioned in the same breath with Arthur Ashe. This is something I certainly will treasure forever. — © Jim Valvano
I can't tell you what an honor it is, to even be mentioned in the same breath with Arthur Ashe. This is something I certainly will treasure forever.
It's an honor to be even mentioned in the same breath as Walter Payton.
It's always an honor to play on Arthur Ashe stadium.
Any time you're mentioned in the same breath as Tony Esposito, for whatever reason, it's a great honor. He's one of my idols. He's one of the greatest of all time.
There's just nothing like playing on Arthur Ashe Stadium. It's truly amazing.
I'm not Deion Sanders. We're different people with different styles. People see similarities between me and him; that's fine. It's an honor to be mentioned in the same breath with him. But that's as far as I go with it.
I met Arthur Ashe a few times. I know how important education was to him.
Arthur Ashe had been the first black athlete to play Johannesburg at the time of apartheid.
We make sure that we continue to educate our youth on who Althea Gibson and Arthur Ashe were.
I always dreamed of playing a night match on Arthur Ashe Stadium. It's a dream come true for me.
A REAL man, the kind of man a woman wants to give her life to, is one who will respect her dignity, who will honor her like the valuable treasure she is. A REAL man will not attempt to rip her precious pearl from it's protective shell, or persuade her with charm to give away her treasure prematurely, but he will wait patiently until she willingly gives him the prize of her heart. A REAL man will cherish and care for that prize forever.
On Monument Avenue in Richmond, Va., there are statues of five Confederate luminaries and then, incongruously in this company, one of Arthur Ashe.
I used to have a poster of Arthur Ashe in my room. To play in his stadium is fabulous. It has a special meaning for me. I do feel the connection.
It's a huge honour that I'm mentioned in the same breath as Mesut.
I always wanted to be mentioned in the same breath as all of the great wrestlers.
To be mentioned in the same breath as people I admire means everything to me.
Mr. Arthur Ashe, he was good. I read some of his books. He knew about everything, but he was real quiet and didn't talk much. I never met him.
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