Classic Jimmy V Basketball Calendar Man Classic is the culmination of the Week V ESPN, an annual event that raises money for research against cancer. The week of festivities, and the tournament, named for , the legendary coach at North Carolina State who died in 1993 of cancer after the delivery of a touch, a memorable speech at the ESPY Awards. Told the inaugural Classic in 1995.

I can not say it’s an honor, it is even mentioned in the same breath with Arthur Ashe. It’s something that certainly treasure forever. But, as shown on the tape, and I’m not one of those things with letters of reference, so I’ll talk to you because no one has spoken tonight. That’s the way it goes. Time is very precious to me. I do not know how much I have and I have some things I say.

emotions with tears in his eyes, could be happiness or joy. But think about it. If you laugh, think, and cry, a full day. It is a sacred day. You do that seven days a week we have something special. “When people tell me how to get through life or each day, which is the same. For me, there are three things everyone should do every day. We must make every day of our lives. Nobody laughed. You should laugh every day. The number two of thought.

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