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NCAA Basketball

Jim Valvano's ESPY Speech

Posted Jul 11, 2007 9:16AM By Michael David Smith (RSS feed)

Filed Under: NC State Basketball, ACC Basketball, NCAA Basketball Coaches, NCAA Basketball Media Watch, NCAA Basketball Video, North Carolina State

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The ESPYs -- or at least, the way ESPN endlessly promotes the ESPYs -- drive many sports fans crazy. But the speech made by Jim Valvano at the 1993 ESPYs is still widely admired. So with the ESPYs being taped tonight, let's have a look:

The "don't give up line" is the most quoted, but my favorite part is the very beginning, when Valvano makes a joke at Dick Vitale's expense.

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