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Twenty-one years ago, Jim Valvano took the stage during the first ESPY Awards at Madison Square Garden and delivered one of the most iconic speeches in sports history. You remember the famous line ...
Twenty-three years ago, Jim Valvano took the stage during the first ESPY Awards and delivered one of the most iconic speeches in sports history. Why Jimmy V's ESPY speech still hits home 23 years ...
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
Knute Kenneth Rockne (/(k ə) ˈ n uː t ˈ r ɒ k n i /; [3] [4] March 4, 1888 – March 31, 1931) was an American football player and coach at the University of Notre Dame. Leading Notre Dame for 13 seasons, Rockne accumulated over 100 wins and three national championships. Rockne is regarded as one of the greatest coaches in college football ...
John Wooden was selected by Sports Illustrated as its "Sportsman of the Year" for his contributions to college basketball. 1973: 30–0 Memphis State: 87–66 The Bruins became the only team in history with back-to-back undefeated seasons as they won their seventh straight championship.
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.
Louis Leo Holtz (born January 6, 1937) [1] is an American former college football coach and television analyst. He served as the head football coach at the College of William & Mary (1969–1971), North Carolina State University (1972–1975), the New York Jets (1976), the University of Arkansas (1977–1983), the University of Minnesota (1984–1985), the University of Notre Dame (1986–1996 ...
Bob Knight, who won three national titles as head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers, has died. He was 83. (Rich Clarkson/NCAA Photos via Getty Images) (Rich Clarkson via Getty Images)