Thanks to everybody who traveled back to 1983 today. Great fun! And thank you Lo Charles for the dunk that changed our lives. Your teammates miss you.
#CardiacPack
Change is inevitable but not always easy. Last day in the booth at Mission Hills with
@Jrprotalker
who is significantly reducing her schedule. Can’t fully express in one tweet how much she means to me.
#Legend
@TheChevronChampionship
@LPGA
Mary Frances (Sissy) Gannon (1935-2024)
Every second of my life I’ve known I had someone in my corner making me feel like I could take on the world. Thank you for always believing in me, Ma. You will always be my inspiration. 💔 ☘️
As a player, these are the games you never forget! Years from now
@PackMensBball
players will remember every shot, every bounce, every possession...and the noise in their house. Thanks for letting me remember and relive!
#DUKEvsNCST
#NCState
🏀 🐺
“If you think we’re going to hold the ball in front of 50 million people for the national championship, you’re crazy. We’re going out there to kick their a**!”
Jim Valvano, locker room, April 4, 1983
#CardiacPack
#WhyNot
@bigTbailey
@PackErnieMyers
Timely reminder: NC State’s Everett Case started the college hoops tradition of cutting down the nets in 1947 and NC State’s Jim Valvano coined the now ubiquitous phrase “Survive and Advance” in 1983.
@PackMensBball
#NCState
Practices, games, postgame cigar/wine gatherings, dinners, car rides, golf...I always left energized and ready to take on the world. Still miss him, he still makes me laugh and he still motivates me.
@TheVFoundation
#JimmyV
We never can have enough reminders of how precious life is. On this date, 27 years ago, at the first
@ESPYS
, Jim Valvano gives his famous speech. He passes away 55 days later.
A 5-week run of overseas golf that lasted ‘til dark on the final day. Part of me didn’t want it to end (the other part did want to catch my flight home this morning.) Scottish Open, The Open, Evian, AIG. Damn…love my job.
@mpressel
@NBCSports
Yes, the story is
@TigerWoods
but
@JustinRose99
is pure class. Major Champ, Olympic Gold Medalist, World
#1
and now
#FedExCup
Champ. All this from a player who missed his first 21 cuts as a pro...kept the faith.
#tough
On this day in 1983,
@PackMensBball
won its second national championship!
Where were you when this happened,
#WPN
? Tell us in the mentions!
#GoPack
#ncsu
To my seat mate on a 2 hour flight who downed 7 glasses of champagne and talked nonstop to me, the landscape out the window, the flight map, Christopher Robin and Winnie-the-Pooh onscreen and to no one in particular...have a wonderful 2nd leg to somewhere.
#exhausted
25 years ago today, Jim Valvano returned to Reynolds Coliseum with the 1983
@PackMensBball
team and delivered an early version of the "Don't Give Up" speech he would give on the ESPYS.
Here's to dreaming. Here's to believing in your future. Here's to continuing his legacy. 🐺🐾
I love
@terrygannon83
’s commentary of the Olympic Games, but everytime I hear him, I can’t help but think about his explanation of taking a charge against Clyde Drexler in the 1983 National Championship game in Albuquerque. (cc:
@ESPN3030
).
#SurviveandAdvance
Time out, tie game. I checked in without even being told to. Final play strategy: Sidney Lowe drives from top of the key, Whit on one wing, me on the other. Houston had different plans. They come out in a zone trap and our best laid plans fall to pieces.
#CardiacPack
Waking up on the gorgeous South Korean shore wondering what my Dad must have been thinking and feeling 67 years ago when he arrived here for a much different reason.
Daily practices, big wins, tough losses, deafening noise, championship celebrations, tearful speeches...that arena is special! For all the times V lit up that building with us along for the ride, thank you
@NCState
!
#fitting
@PackPride
Proud to honor the man who taught us to enjoy life's precious moments and to never give up.
The James T. Valvano Arena at Reynolds Coliseum will be officially dedicated prior to our Heritage Game on December 5.
More:
Standing room only press conference for Yuzuru Hanyu and Shoma Uno. It could be the first time since 2002 (Yagudin/Plushenko) that 2 countrymen stand on the same men’s Olympic podium.
@NBCOlympics
Recognized posthumously is Jim Valvano, 1983
@NCAA
Champion, broadcaster and creator of The V Foundation for Cancer Research and
#23HoopClass
inductee.
After a rough outing in the team event,
@nathanwchen
reportedly went straight to the practice rink to reel off a number of quads. Determined to bounce back for individual gold.
#winterolympics
@NBCOlympics
It’s 30 miles to Chicago, they’ve got a full bag of clubs, it’s light out and they’re wearing sunglasses...and shorts...on December 25.
#hitit
Merry Christmas everybody on a 64 degree day in
#Joliet
Halftime locker room talk was the first time I sensed nerves from teammates and Jimmy V. The fact that we may be on the verge of something special started to sink in
#CardiacPack
Lemme tell ya how magical my brother is...
He has a whole arena, watching and listening... to a video...of a speech...he made TWENTY FIVE YEARS ago.
And they all laugh. And think. And cry. Still...
Magical, I tell ya...
Impossible? Not anymore.
#QuadAxel
from the
#quadgod
. Still thinking about it and the crowd reaction a few days later. After the initial yell, the place just never stopped buzzing. Like “did we just see that?” Wild to see something in sports that no one else has ever done.
📺 The Quadgod came in with a bang! 💥 With his 4A Ilia Malinin jumps to the top of the podium to claim the 🥇 medal at Skate America 2022!
#GPFigure
#FigureSkating
On this date 25 years ago, Jim Valvano imparted wisdom that has stood the test of time.
Consider donating to
@TheVFoundation
in honor of someone you love:
Hated when I was on the bench. But I’d sit as close to Jimmy V as possible to stay entertained by his running commentary. It never stopped!
#CardiacPack
With
@PackMensBball
appearance in the Round of 4, there’s been no better moment to support
@TheVFoundation
and their fight against cancer. Very proud to announce that my partners at
@Autograph
will be donating $5 to The V Foundation every time a new user signs up for their app
Growing up in Joliet I played summer hoops at Loyola, got recruited by them and have always had a soft spot. I NEVER thought I’d see them go to the
#FinalFour
. Remarkable!!!
David “Skywalker” Thompson, perhaps the most phenomenal basketball player of the 70s that nobody ever talks about. Took down the Wooden and Walton UCLA juggernaut, scored 73 in an NBA game. Top 10 all-time dunk artist. Put respect on his name.
Gannon boys on one of the world’s great links.
@PGC1894
Beautiful setting and as fair and true as it gets. Thank you Portmarnock for the Irish hospitality .
#FatherAndSon
Sounds absurd because they are only 15 and 18 yrs old, but with the depth of young talent in Russia this will most likely be the only chance A.Zagitova and Y.Medvedyeva have at a gold medal at
#Olympics
. 1 night, tonight.
@NBCOlympics