Never Give Up…
This week ESPN Radio held their annual fund raiser for The V Foundation, the cancer research organization named in memory of Jimmy V (Valvano for readers who are not sports fans), the dynamic NC State basketball coach who died of cancer in 1993. Jimmy V set the gold standard for tenacity, passion and vision in the way he lived his life and in the way he died.
Yesterday I heard excerpts from some of his memorable speeches made in the final weeks and months before he died. While best known for his repetitive exhortation to “Never give up”, this remarkable man also regularly challenged his audience, be it a crowded banquet hall or his team in the locker-room before a game, to do three things each day: Laugh, Think, and Cry. Good advice then, much needed advice today. Thank You and Rest in Peace, Jimmy V! You will not be soon forgotten!
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