Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Laugh, Think, and Cry

On March 4, 1993, Jim Valvano was awarded the inaugural Arthur Ashe Courage and Humanitarian Award at the first annual ESPY Awards. Following is his acceptance speech




I can't believe it has been fifteen years since I watched that speech on ESPN. It moved me then, and it still does today. I have never forgot the quote at the end:

"Cancer can take away all my physical abilities. It cannot touch my mind, it cannot touch my heart and it cannot touch my soul. And those three things are going to carry on forever".


The Jimmy V Foundation

1 comment:

Andrea said...

Oh Ken! You know you got me with this one! Thanks for posting this.

Have you been on your bike?