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This list of speeches includes those that have gained notability in English or in English translation. The earliest listings may be approximate dates.
The joke referring to the Rice–Texas football rivalry was handwritten by Kennedy into the speech text, [11] and is remembered by sports fans. [13] Although the Rice–Texas rivalry was highly competitive at the time of Kennedy's speech, with Rice holding an 18-17-1 edge over Texas from 1930 to 1966, [ 14 ] Rice has only beaten Texas in 1965 ...
Valvano was a three-sport athlete at Seaford High School in Seaford on Long Island and graduated in 1963. [9] Football coach Vince Lombardi was Valvano's role model. Valvano told an ESPY audience, on March 3, 1993, that he took some of Lombardi's inspirational speeches out of the book Commitment to Excellence, and used them with
‘Be sincere, be brief, be seated.’ Advice from Franklin D Roosevelt to his son on public speaking
Hitler's prophecy speech of 30 January 1939. From his first speech in 1919 in Munich until the last speech in February 1945, Adolf Hitler, dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945, gave a total of 1525 speeches. In 1932, for the campaign of presidential and two federal elections that year he gave the most speeches, that is 241. Not all have ...
Famous Black athletes span all sports, from football and basketball to tennis and gymnastics. This article focuses on 10 whose excellence made them household names and changed their sports forever.
For the second year in a row, soccer asserted its place as the most popular sport on Earth, with 3 of the top 10 most famous athletes being footballers. Tennis, golf and basketball were close ...
List of lists of Pro Bowl players; Golfers. Female golfers; Male golfers; Grand Prix motorcycle racers; Gymnasts; Heptathletes; Ice hockey players (National Hockey League) Jockeys; Kickboxers. Female kickboxers; Male kickboxers; Judoka; Marathon runners; Martial artists; Mixed martial arts Female mixed martial artists; Male mixed martial ...