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Such an inspirational guy. On March 4, 1993, Jim Valvano was awarded the inaugural Arthur Ashe Courage and Humanitarian Award at the first annual ESPY Awards. Following is his acceptance speech. He was at the end of his life, battling cancer.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuoVM9nm42E"]YouTube - Jimmy's 1993 ESPY Speech[/ame]

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Minnie avatar
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#2
This is on ESPN tonight.
bluemtnrunner avatar
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I can't watch this again. He was my hero. If I watch it my laptop will short circuit from the flow of tears. It is so incredible.


OH man...I did it anyway, I loved that man.:wub:

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Kurt avatar
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It's Jimmy V week.

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