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Old 07-12-2016, 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by 2BNTV View Post
This speech transcends sports! Touching and funny!

Jimmy Valvano gave a speech when he received the Arthur Ashe Courage Award when he was dying of cancer.

It is very uplifting and considered ESPN's finest moment.

Please watch to the end.

Jimmy's 1993 ESPY Speech - YouTube
We lived in NC at the time and were BIG Valvano fans.....He was so entertaining.....
We hated when NC State and UNC played together because we didn't know who to root for!