On March 4, 1993, Jim Valvano was awarded the inaugural Arthur Ashe Courage and Humanitarian Award at the first ESPY Awards. Jim Valvano, nicknamed Jimmy V, was a college basketball player, coach, and broadcaster. Jim had an excellent coaching career, coaching for many teams, but most prominently at North Carolina State University. Despite being weakened from his fight against cancer, Jimmy V delivered an inspiring and energetic speech at the 1993 ESPY Awards with a goal to encourage the audience to donate to cancer research.
Valvano coached 10 seasons at North Carolina State, leading them to the national championship in 1983. After resigning as a coach in 1990, he was hired as an analyst for ABC and ESPN later that year (Jim). Jim was diagnosed …show more content…
Through his success, he was worthy to speak about cancer research. Jim organizes his thoughts within the speech in chronological order for the persuasive effect he is trying to get across, which is getting people to donate to his foundation. Although he is trying to raise awareness for his foundation, Jim gave a very motivational speech. He did not have the goal of making people feel sorry for him and donate money out of pity.
Even with his battle against cancer, being the motivational figure that he was, Jim encouraged the audience, to do three things each day. Laugh, think, and have your emotions brought to tears. Not necessarily tears of being sad, but tears of joy. He would say that if a person did those three things each day, he/she has accomplished a full day (Valvano). The fact that Jim told an audience of professional athletes how to live to the fullest shows that he is a creditable person. Knowing his days were limited, Jim did not take a single day for granted, and he pushed others to do the …show more content…
He says, "But think about it. If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that’s a full day" (Valvano). This is not great reasoning to prove his statement true, but it does in fact make the audience think about what he means by his statement. He means that people have a full range of emotions that makes their mind work throughout the day. It also means that no matter what problem people may have, in his case cancer, they should still attempt to make the most out of each day.
Jim's best logos appeal occurred towards the end of his speech when he brought up statistics behind AIDS and cancer research. "Arthur Ashe Foundation is a wonderful thing, and AIDS, the amount of money pouring in for AIDS is not enough, but it is significant. But if I told you it’s ten times the amount that goes in to cancer research. I also told you that 500,000 people will die this year of cancer. And I also tell you that one in every four will be afflicted with this disease," said Valvano (Valvano). This argument heavily backs the need for funding for cancer research, something he was passionate
Valvano coached 10 seasons at North Carolina State, leading them to the national championship in 1983. After resigning as a coach in 1990, he was hired as an analyst for ABC and ESPN later that year (Jim). Jim was diagnosed …show more content…
Through his success, he was worthy to speak about cancer research. Jim organizes his thoughts within the speech in chronological order for the persuasive effect he is trying to get across, which is getting people to donate to his foundation. Although he is trying to raise awareness for his foundation, Jim gave a very motivational speech. He did not have the goal of making people feel sorry for him and donate money out of pity.
Even with his battle against cancer, being the motivational figure that he was, Jim encouraged the audience, to do three things each day. Laugh, think, and have your emotions brought to tears. Not necessarily tears of being sad, but tears of joy. He would say that if a person did those three things each day, he/she has accomplished a full day (Valvano). The fact that Jim told an audience of professional athletes how to live to the fullest shows that he is a creditable person. Knowing his days were limited, Jim did not take a single day for granted, and he pushed others to do the …show more content…
He says, "But think about it. If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that’s a full day" (Valvano). This is not great reasoning to prove his statement true, but it does in fact make the audience think about what he means by his statement. He means that people have a full range of emotions that makes their mind work throughout the day. It also means that no matter what problem people may have, in his case cancer, they should still attempt to make the most out of each day.
Jim's best logos appeal occurred towards the end of his speech when he brought up statistics behind AIDS and cancer research. "Arthur Ashe Foundation is a wonderful thing, and AIDS, the amount of money pouring in for AIDS is not enough, but it is significant. But if I told you it’s ten times the amount that goes in to cancer research. I also told you that 500,000 people will die this year of cancer. And I also tell you that one in every four will be afflicted with this disease," said Valvano (Valvano). This argument heavily backs the need for funding for cancer research, something he was passionate