James Thomas Anthony Valvano (March 10, 1946–April 28, 1993),
nicknamed Jimmy V, was an American college basketball coach.
While the head coach at North Carolina State University, he won
the 1983 NCAA Basketball Tournament. Valvano is remembered for
running up and down the court after winning the 1983 NCAA
championship, seemingly in disbelief and looking for someone to hug.
***1983年的對手有 Hakeem Olajuwon & Clyde Drexler!
比分54:52險勝~~
Shortly before his death, he spoke at the inaugural ESPY Awards,
presented by ESPN, on March 4, 1993. While accepting the inaugural
Arthur Ashe Courage and Humanitarian Award, he announced the creation
of the "V Foundation", an organization dedicated to finding a cure for
cancer. He announced that the foundation's motto would be "Don't give
up. Don't ever give up." During his speech, the teleprompter stated
that he had 30 seconds to which Valvano responded, "They got that
screen up there flashing 30 seconds, like I care about that screen.
I got tumors all over my body and I'm supposed to be worried about
some screen flashing 30 seconds." His speech has become legendary,
and he closed the speech by saying, "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. And those three things are going to carry
on forever. I thank you and God bless you all." One thing Valvano also
said in the speech that many remember most are the following words:
To me, there are three things we all should do every day. We should do
this every day of our lives. Number 1 is laugh. You should laugh every
day. Number 2 is think. You should spend some time in thought. And
Number 3 is, you should have your emotions moved to tears, could be
happiness or joy. But think about it. 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."
Valvano received a lengthy standing ovation. He died less than two months
later. Valvano died at the age of 47 after a yearlong battle with cancer.
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