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According to the late James Michener's Sports in America, Lombardi claimed to have been misquoted. What he intended to say was "Winning isn't everything. The will to win is the only thing." [8] However, Lombardi is on record repeating the original version of the quotation on several occasions. [9]
Hester then channeled legendary college basketball coach Jim Valvano's famous "never give up, don't ever give up" speech at the 1993 ESPY Awards only months before he died of cancer.
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 ...
The proceedings combined the formal ceremonial closing of this international sporting event (including closing speeches, [4] the parade of athletes [5] and the handover of the Olympic flag [6]) with an artistic spectacle to showcase the culture and history of the current and next host nation for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. [7]
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.
In 2008, the AFI honored The Pride of the Yankees as the third-best sports picture ever made. "The Lou Gehrig Story", about the days leading up to his farewell speech, was also featured on an episode of the CBS anthology TV series Climax! on April 19, 1956, starring Wendell Corey and Jean Hagen. [117]
The VP and presumptive Democratic nominee for president enthusiastically paid tribute to the hard work of NCAA athletes, coaches, trainers, and many others.
1940: Never Was So Much Owed by So Many to So Few by Winston Churchill, speaking in another radio talk about the air and naval defenders of Great Britain. 1940: The final speech in The Great Dictator by Charlie Chaplin in the role of a Jewish barber, in which he demanded solidarity between all people and a return to values like peace, empathy ...