Black Eyed Peas
perform a special live version of "I Gotta Feeling" for Oprah
while a flash mob of synchronized dancers groove on Michigan
Avenue downtown Chicago, IL USA. The performance was at
Oprah's 24th Season Kickoff Party on September 8, 2009 ...
"The last
game ..."
The amazing story of Jason
McElwain. Jason is autistic and for years he was the
team manager for his high school basketball team. The last game of
the season, the coach let him play ...
Team Hoyt
"I CAN ..."
A son asked his
father, "Dad, will you take part in a marathon with me?"
The father who, despite having a heart condition, says "Yes."
They went on to complete the marathon together. The Father
and son went on to join other marathons, the father always
saying yes to his son's request of going through the race
together.
One day, the son asked his father, "Dad, let's join the
Ironman together", to which his father said yes. For
those who don't know, the Ironman is the toughest triathlon ever.
The race encompasses three endurance events of a 2.4 mile
ocean swim, followed by a 112 mile bike ride, and ending with
a 26.2 mile marathon along the coast of the Big Island.
The father and son went on to complete the race together ...
"Don't Ever
Give Up ..."
Valvano was
diagnosed with metastatic bone cancer in June 1992. In
July, he found out that it had spread.
Shortly before his death, he spoke at the inaugural ESPY
Awards, presented by ESPN, on March 4, 1993. While
accepting the inaugural Arthur Ashe Courage and Humanitarian
Award, he announced the creation of the "V Foundation", an
organization dedicated to finding a cure for cancer. He
announced that the foundation's motto would be "Don't give up.
Don't ever give up." During his speech the teleprompter
stated that he had 30 seconds left, to which Valvano
responded, "They got that screen up there flashing 30 seconds,
like I care about that screen. I got tumors all over my
body and I'm worried about some guy in the back going 30
seconds." His speech has become legendary, and he closed
the speech by saying, "Cancer can take away all of my physical
abilities. It cannot touch my mind, it cannot touch my
heart, and it cannot touch my soul. And those three things are
going to carry on forever. I thank you and God bless you
all." One particularly poignant section of Valvano's
speech is as follows:
To me, there are three things we all should do every day.
We should do this every day of our lives. Number one is
laugh. You should laugh every day. Number two is
think. You should spend some time in thought. And
Number three is, you should have your emotions moved to tears,
could be happiness or joy. But think about it. If
you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day.
That's a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week,
you're going to have something special.
Valvano received a lengthy standing ovation. He died less than
two months later after a year-long battle with cancer.**
His speech at the ESPY's is thought of as one of the most
motivational and inspirational speeches ever ...
"Yes
We Can ..."
"Yes We Can" is
a collage-style music video inspired by a speech delivered by
Senator and now President-elect Barack Obama following the
2008 New Hampshire primary, derived from similar union catch
cries.** Democrat or Republican, a great message from a
great speaker ...
Marvin and
Nona Gaye - National Anthem
Nona Gaye and her late father, Marvin Gaye, sing the National
Anthem at the 2004 NBA All-Start game in arguably one of the
greatest duets ever ...
"The Power of One" - The
Inspiring Story of Adam Bender
Adam Bender is
an 8-year-old boy who had cancer as an infant. The tumor that
wrapped around his leg forced it to be amputated. But it has
not stopped Adam, who competes in all types of sports --
baseball (as a catcher), football (as a quarterback), soccer
and wrestling. Watch this unbelievable boy and
his inspiring story as shown on E:60 (ESPN) below ...
