"When people say to me how do you get through life or each day, it's the same thing. To me, there are three things we all should do every day. We should do this every day of our lives. Number one is laugh. You should laugh every day. Number two is think. You should spend some time in thought. Number three 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."
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 National Championship. One of the more iconic moments in college basketball history is Valvano running up and down the court after the championship game, seemingly in disbelief and looking for someone to hug.
Coaching Career
Valvano's 19 year career as a head basketball coach included stops at Johns Hopkins, Bucknell, Iona, and North Carolina State. He had a career record of 346-212. Valvano was twice voted ACC coach of the year. His teams won ACC Championships in 1983 and 1987, and an NCAA Title in 1983. In addition to his coaching duties, he became NC State's athletics director in 1986. In 1990, accusations of rules violations, alleged in the book Personal Fouls by Peter Golenbock, led to his resignation. An NCAA investigation cleared Valvano, but found that players had illegally sold shoes and game tickets. As a result, the basketball program was placed on probation for two years and banned from participating in the 1990 NCAA tournament. The story can be found in his 1991 autobiography, Valvano: They Gave Me a Lifetime Contract, and Then They Declared Me Dead.
Broadcasting
After his coaching career, Valvano became a popular broadcaster for ESPN and ABC. In 1992, he won a Cable ACE Award for Commentator/Analyst for NCAA Basketball broadcasts.
yeah that's all true, but that they missed was when he was diagnosed with cancer and started the V foundation for cancer research. he announced it at the 1993 espy's in what is my favorite speach in the history of time. he died one month later, but the V foundation is still going strong.
"When people say to me how do you get through life or each day, it's the same thing. To me, there are three things we all should do every day. We should do this every day of our lives. Number one is laugh. You should laugh every day. Number two is think. You should spend some time in thought. Number three 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."
May he rest in peace.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 National Championship. One of the more iconic moments in college basketball history is Valvano running up and down the court after the championship game, seemingly in disbelief and looking for someone to hug.
Coaching Career
Valvano's 19 year career as a head basketball coach included stops at Johns Hopkins, Bucknell, Iona, and North Carolina State. He had a career record of 346-212. Valvano was twice voted ACC coach of the year. His teams won ACC Championships in 1983 and 1987, and an NCAA Title in 1983. In addition to his coaching duties, he became NC State's athletics director in 1986. In 1990, accusations of rules violations, alleged in the book Personal Fouls by Peter Golenbock, led to his resignation. An NCAA investigation cleared Valvano, but found that players had illegally sold shoes and game tickets. As a result, the basketball program was placed on probation for two years and banned from participating in the 1990 NCAA tournament. The story can be found in his 1991 autobiography, Valvano: They Gave Me a Lifetime Contract, and Then They Declared Me Dead.
Broadcasting
After his coaching career, Valvano became a popular broadcaster for ESPN and ABC. In 1992, he won a Cable ACE Award for Commentator/Analyst for NCAA Basketball broadcasts.
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yeah that's all true, but that they missed was when he was diagnosed with cancer and started the V foundation for cancer research. he announced it at the 1993 espy's in what is my favorite speach in the history of time. he died one month later, but the V foundation is still going strong.
"Don't give up, don't ever give up."
http://jimmyv.org/rememberingjim/espy.cfm
I loved it!
very inspiring down to the last word.
I have the video of that speach downloaded and it gets me every time.
YOU CAN ADD IT!!!!
why? whats he done recently?
haha...
you had me going there for a second...
Thats the rappin granny? damn man... I thought she looked familiar
http://wcco.com/topstories/local_story_207174612.html
The guy is 81 give him a break! Go Gramps!
I can't look at Savoys the same again
fyi:
Norm hits on women -geee, wonder where he got it from... good ol dad?
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree, does it?
Norm's campaign headquarters was in a building I worked in a couple years ago. Ran into the little dude many times.
I don't know if I'm more impressed he got some girl at 38
or that he still got excited...
all I keep hearing is "pizza place on E. 7th Street"
first summer I had my liscense...
Thats scary as hell....
some chick with more face-paint than i've ever worn leaning in my window with her booze/cigarette stained breath "hey honey.... where you headed?"...
now that I think about it, that may have been the very first time that I ever peeled out...
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:eek: dont even get me started...
those things are some of the scariest animals to ever walk the earth....
like maybe the island at phalen.
they all decide to seek out other parks, and pizza places...
I'm actually ordering up 20 large taco pizzas next Wednesday for my crew. :pbpt:
Seems that Taco Pizza dipped in ranch is the biggest fad since.. I dunno - pepperoni.
yummy.
hearthside pizza... double yum.
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you and me bay-bee -- when you come in January we are hooking up and hanging out!