CHOMP!NG AT THE BIT: The Passionate and Inspirational Jimmy Valvano

You know the Greeks didn't write obituaries. They only asked one question after a man died: "Did he have passion?"

~Dean from the film Serendipity

Coach Jimmy V had enough passion for 10 men.

1983: after winning the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship

(fast forward to time stamp 1:44 to see the final shot and 1:58 to see Jimmy V's reaction)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8l5N2eKdvL4

1993: after receiving the Arthur Ashe Courage and Humanitarian Award

James Thomas Anthony Valvano died less than two months after this speech (after a year-long battle with cancer).

Carpe Diem!

~Sammy "The Dentist"

www.sammythedentist.net