Remembering Jimmy Valvano

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s Attitude

In Memory of James Thomas Anthony Valvano 1946-1993

In June of 1992 Jimmy V wasdiagnosed with terminal cancer.Jim'sattitudeto this diagnosiswas the same as to every challenge he faced in life. He knewthat cancer might win the battle but it would never win the war.He fought the good fight not only for his self but for otherssaying that that his life might not be saved but that together wemight save his children's lifes, or even that of someone you love.Years later Jimmy

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second-oldest of three daughters, JamieHoward, was diagnosed with a rare genetic breast cancerdiagnosed in 2005. Thanks to her having her father

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s fightingattitude and advances in treatment due in part to the Jimmy VFoundation Jamie prophetic words came true and his daughter

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life was saved.Jimmy Valvano final months and days on this Earth were atestament to his message that we should all fight the good fight...

and that we must never give up. Jim’s body may have

succumbed to cancer on April 28, 1993 but just as Jim said it in

his famous acceptance speech for the Arthur Ashe Award forCourage at ESPN's first American Sports Awards... his cancernever would never touched his mind. Hisattituderemainedentacked.Jimmy Valvano faced death with the sameattitudethat he facedlife. He talked the talk and he walked the walk and it is for thisreason thatGetAttitude salutes Jimmy and presents his speech here for you. We could all learn a lot from the attitude Jimmyhad and demonstrated for us. Jimmy Valvano's attitude was thesecret to his success. Jimmy'sattitudewas about living the lifewe have to the fullest and never giving up.AtGetAttitude we believe that yourattitudedetermines your altitude in life. I am a strong believer that the only barriers thatexist to our success in life are the limits placed on us by ourattitude.