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Never Give Up: The story behind Jim Valvano’s most memorable speech
Above, Jim Valvano in action as head coach of 1983 N.C. State basketball team that won a national championship.
Photo by Jonathan Wroblewski from the Duke Chronicle/Duke University.
"That screen up there is flashing 30 seconds, like I care about that screen right now, huh? I got tumors all over my body and I'm worried about some guy in the back going '30 seconds.'"
– Jim Valvano speaking at the 1993 ESPYs
This week in conjunction with the network's ESPY awards, ESPN is showing a new documentary that tells the story behind Jim Valvano's moving speech, delivered more than 30 years ago.
College basketball fans knew Jim Valvano as the high energy, wisecracking coach who pulled off a miracle national championship run at North Carolina State University in 1983.
He was just 37 years old.
Ten years later, on March 4, 1993, Valvano was seriously ill with a form of cancer that would take hi