…Then be sure to tune into tonight at 7 p.m ET on ESPN, when they will air (as they do every year) all 13 minutes of Jim Valvano’s speech from the 1993 ESPY Awards (you know, when they meant something?).

This is one of the five best things that ESPN does every year (CHJ’s research team is currently digging through the files for the other four), and I make sure I never miss it. So rare is the occasion where someone speaks so beautifully from a public platform and the delivery is so truthful, raw, and believable.

My favorite part of the speech is when Valvano talks about the time he quoted Lombardi while endeavoring upon his first coaching job. Don’t know what I’m referring to? Then please be sure to tune in and check it out.

Think about if Valvano was around today—even coaching—and how college basketball would be different.

Valvano and Al McGuire, the two coaches/hoops personalities I certainly miss the most.

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 @ 5:01 pm Off the Court News
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