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My Hero

Submitted by Clue Master on
List anybody that you feel deserves the Hero status 

(Family, Celebrities, Politics, Music, Friends, Teachers, Doctors Etc)



 

me2

How can I get hotlinked :wink:
Thu, 07/20/2006 - 2:08 PM Permalink
Clue Master

You can get hottie linked :pbpt:
Thu, 07/20/2006 - 2:12 PM Permalink
Clue Master

This guy!

:cool:
Sat, 07/22/2006 - 5:58 PM Permalink
tim_the_hunter

Jim Valvano

"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.
Sat, 07/22/2006 - 8:16 PM Permalink
Clue Master

I don't know who he is (I plan on Googling him) but that statement alone gets my vote!!
Sat, 07/22/2006 - 9:07 PM Permalink
Clue Master

Jim Valvano

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.

:cool: :coolfrown: :frown:
Sat, 07/22/2006 - 9:12 PM Permalink
tim_the_hunter

stupid wikipedia

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
Sun, 07/23/2006 - 6:06 AM Permalink
me2

thanks Tim, That's the most profound thing you've ever said or posted.

I loved it!

very inspiring down to the last word.
Sun, 07/23/2006 - 8:27 AM Permalink
tim_the_hunter

I take no credit, it's all Jimmy V!

I have the video of that speach downloaded and it gets me every time.
Sun, 07/23/2006 - 9:42 AM Permalink
KITCH

thats the great thing about wikipedia...

YOU CAN ADD IT!!!!
Sun, 07/23/2006 - 2:08 PM Permalink
ThoseMedallingKids

Yeah, the words themselves don't really compare to seeing him speak them with the emotion and conviction. Brings it to a higher level.
Sun, 07/23/2006 - 5:33 PM Permalink
Clue Master

This guy:

:eyeroll:
Wed, 07/26/2006 - 6:51 PM Permalink
Wicked Nick

uhh....

why? whats he done recently?
Wed, 07/26/2006 - 10:37 PM Permalink
Clue Master

Nothing really. It was a joke.

Thu, 07/27/2006 - 4:18 AM Permalink
Clue Master

This lady:
Thu, 07/27/2006 - 7:00 AM Permalink
mrmnmikey

who are those people? Should I know them?
Thu, 07/27/2006 - 7:37 AM Permalink
Wicked Nick

Damn... I thought maybe you were gonna say that he stopped being a wuss or something...

haha...

you had me going there for a second...
Thu, 07/27/2006 - 8:13 AM Permalink
Clue Master

Lance Bass (N'Sync) said he was gay yesterday and that's the famous Rappin Granny.
Thu, 07/27/2006 - 8:37 AM Permalink
Wicked Nick

I didnt hear about that... What show did he say that on?

Thats the rappin granny? damn man... I thought she looked familiar
Thu, 07/27/2006 - 8:51 AM Permalink
KC0GRN

bwahhh!!!
Thu, 07/27/2006 - 9:02 AM Permalink
Wicked Nick

Yet another reason to stay away from Carbone's...
Thu, 07/27/2006 - 10:58 AM Permalink
KC0GRN

least it wasn't Cosetta's
Thu, 07/27/2006 - 11:35 AM Permalink
Clue Master

I met Norm outside of Cossetta's once. Just about stumbeled over the little dude. :chagrin:
Thu, 07/27/2006 - 11:43 AM Permalink
me2

I watched that on 'cco on their 1 am broadcasting - I started laughing outloud in bed! I havn't laughed like that in a long time ::sigh::

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?
Thu, 07/27/2006 - 1:20 PM Permalink
Terry

I laughed out loud when I heard that too.

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.
Thu, 07/27/2006 - 2:44 PM Permalink
KITCH

81yr old -having sex with 38-year-old

I don't know if I'm more impressed he got some girl at 38

or that he still got excited...
Thu, 07/27/2006 - 3:02 PM Permalink
Wicked Nick

so was it Savoy's or Carbone's?

all I keep hearing is "pizza place on E. 7th Street"
Thu, 07/27/2006 - 5:49 PM Permalink
Wicked Nick

maybe she was a hooker? :eek:
Thu, 07/27/2006 - 5:50 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

KQ this morning thought it may have been a hooker at Savoys.
Thu, 07/27/2006 - 6:17 PM Permalink
Wicked Nick

I wouldnt doubt it.... I've been propositioned leaving their parking lot, before...

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...
Thu, 07/27/2006 - 6:54 PM Permalink
KC0GRN

I'da said "to the nearest bathroom, I need to throw up"
Thu, 07/27/2006 - 9:55 PM Permalink
Clue Master

Hi Clown Boy - Pahleeeeze go out with me!!!

Thu, 07/27/2006 - 10:30 PM Permalink
Wicked Nick

Turkeys.....

 :eek: :eek: :eek:

:eek: dont even get me started...

those things are some of the scariest animals to ever walk the earth....
Thu, 07/27/2006 - 10:51 PM Permalink
ares

all i could think was geesh. that's a real busy intersection. they could have at least found a secluded park somewhere.

like maybe the island at phalen.
Fri, 07/28/2006 - 5:44 AM Permalink
Wicked Nick

the island is already taken up by drunken, naked, party people...
Fri, 07/28/2006 - 8:49 AM Permalink
KC0GRN

Exactly, so they'd fit right in.
Fri, 07/28/2006 - 9:15 AM Permalink
Wicked Nick

see what happens when they decide to clean up Crosby?

they all decide to seek out other parks, and pizza places...
Fri, 07/28/2006 - 10:32 AM Permalink
Love4Vino

naked pizza places?
Fri, 07/28/2006 - 10:54 AM Permalink
Wicked Nick

I'd like mine without any sausage, please.
Fri, 07/28/2006 - 11:00 AM Permalink
Clue Master

MMMMMMMM Taco pizza! :pbpt:

I'm actually ordering up 20 large taco pizzas next Wednesday for my crew. :pbpt:
Fri, 07/28/2006 - 11:04 AM Permalink
Love4Vino

please don't tell me you dip them in ranch tho.

Seems that Taco Pizza dipped in ranch is the biggest fad since.. I dunno - pepperoni.
Fri, 07/28/2006 - 12:48 PM Permalink
Clue Master

I think they come with it but nobody uses it
Fri, 07/28/2006 - 12:59 PM Permalink
me2

jalepenos :smile:
Fri, 07/28/2006 - 1:01 PM Permalink
Love4Vino

sausage and green olive pizza... mmmmm.

yummy.

hearthside pizza... double yum.

 :smile:
Fri, 07/28/2006 - 1:36 PM Permalink
me2

you know hearthside?

you and me bay-bee -- when you come in January we are hooking up and hanging out!
Fri, 07/28/2006 - 1:44 PM Permalink
Love4Vino

OMG - as a kid I LIVED there - that was a weekly dinner engagement.
Fri, 07/28/2006 - 2:09 PM Permalink
Clue Master

Who's coming up in January? :chagrin:
Fri, 07/28/2006 - 4:42 PM Permalink