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December 4, 2008
"If anyone had the ability to jump-start a party, it was Jim Valvano.
I was blessed to cover all the games in 1983, the miracle journey though Pepperdine and Las Vegas and Virginia that led to the National Championship. But NC State's next game..." read more By Lesley Visser
11 people found this story inspirational.
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December 1, 2008
"The Duke Children’s Classic
When I was a kid I used to go with my dad to the Duke Children’s Classic. Jim was not even the coach at NC State yet; he had been named the coach, but he hadn’t coached his first game.
The great thing about Jim was when..." read more By Wes Durham
10 people found this story inspirational.
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December 1, 2008
"When I was in second grade and living in Tallahassee, Fla., I was a huge N.C. State fan. After Florida State defeated the Wolfpack by eight points, I waited around the N.C. State locker room in hopes of meeting some of the players or Mr...." read more By Brent C. Hager
16 people found this story inspirational.
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December 1, 2008
"I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1987. I had surgery in August and then I was in the hospital awhile. During my first week home I moved around very carefully, as it hurt to move from the surgery, so I was resting and reading a lot.
Well, I had..." read more By Coach Kay Yow
24 people found this story inspirational.
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December 1, 2008
"I was an assistant athletic director at UNLV when Jim Valvano brought his Wolfpack to play in Las Vegas. It was a nationally televised game at our Thomas and Mack Arena, home of the UNLV Runnin' Rebels and Coach Jerry Tarkanian.
My job during this..." read more By Joyce Aschenbrenner
34 people found this story inspirational.
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December 10, 2008
"Note: Reprinted courtesy of ESPN.com.
One of my ultimate memories goes back to the very first ESPY Awards in 1993 and the announcement of the Arthur Ashe award. It seems like only yesterday. I remember sitting in the green room, waiting for my..." read more By Dick Vitale
93 people found this story inspirational.
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December 4, 2008
"(excerpted with permission from the book The Gifts of Jimmy V)
If the four words that came to define Jim Valvano’s life were “I believe in you,” the four that defined both his and our older brother Nick’s childhoods were, “Take your brother along.”..." read more By Bob Valvano
4 people found this story inspirational.
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December 1, 2008
"This is typical of how Jimmy V got his team to relax in big moments... It was the year that the ACC Tournament was in Washington, D.C., 1987, the year State won it. They beat Carolina in the finals after Carolina was No. 1 in the country all year...." read more By David Droschak
4 people found this story inspirational.
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December 1, 2008
"When Jim was coaching I didn’t know him as well. I had sat in a couple of his what I would call "staff meetings," where he had 10 coaches around a table or in the hotel lobby and he had people laughing for three hours.
I got to know him later when..." read more By John Calipari
8 people found this story inspirational.
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