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Don&#8217;t Ever Give Up,&#8221; speech at the first ESPYS Awards in March 1993 inside Madison Square Garden&#8217;s Paramount Theatre.<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gQ1bIwYY3tQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>The SC Featured will air Wednesday, July 12 @ 7PM ET on ESPN ahead of The ESPYS, and again, on Saturday, July 15 @ 2PM ET on ABC. The documentary also will be on ESPN+ immediately after airing July 12.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The film, directed and produced by Murrow Award winner Michael O&#8217;Connor, shares the details of Valvano&#8217;s life that became encapsulated in one incredible moment of determination as his health failed, to deliver his message to the world and launch a foundation that continues working to achieve his final dream &#8211; find a cure for cancer.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Featured interviews include former Duke University men&#8217;s basketball coach Mike &#8220;Coach K&#8221; Krzyzewski, Good Morning America&#8217;s Robin Roberts, members of the Valvano family, Dr. Joseph O. Moore (Jim&#8217;s oncologist), 1993 ESPYS Director Steve Binder, and many more. Full list below.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>THE SPEECH Interviews:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Pam Valvano Strasser &#8211; Jim&#8217;s wife<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Bob Valvano &#8211; Jim&#8217;s brother<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Nick Valvano &#8211; Jim&#8217;s brother<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Jamie Valvano &#8211; Jim&#8217;s daughter<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Dereck Whittenburg &#8211; Member of Jim&#8217;s 1983 National Championship team<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Bob Lloyd &#8211; Jim&#8217;s teammate at Rutgers University \/ former chairman of the V Foundation<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Steve Binder &#8211; 1993 ESPYS Director<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Dr. Joseph O. 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