SOPHS #1 Journal: Laugh, Think, and Cry (due Nov. 8)
Jim Valvano coached the North Carolina State Wolfpack to an upset victory in the 1983 NCAA men's basketball championship game. Valvano parlayed this victory along with his gift of public speaking to become one of the most likable and recognizable coaches in the land. A year later, I had the pleasure of listening to Valvano speak to a group of Delaware high school basketball coaches at an All Star banquet in Dover. Leaving the banquet hall that night, I thought to myself, "This guy is a natural born world shaker." Or something like that. He was THAT impressive a speaker.
Though
his future teams were always competitive, North Carolina State would never come
close again to matching the success of the fantasy 1983 season.
In 1992 Valvano developed cancer, his toughest and most insidious foe yet. A year later, ten years after his national championship, his body ravaged with cancerous tumors, Valvano fought for his life, not only to win his own battle, but also to get donations for cancer research. At the 1993 ESPY's Awards, ESPN awarded Valvano the Arthur Ashe Courage Award.
Hearing Valvano's speech at the ESPYs will make you laugh, think, and cry--three things--according to Valvano, that you should do every day.
In 1992 Valvano developed cancer, his toughest and most insidious foe yet. A year later, ten years after his national championship, his body ravaged with cancerous tumors, Valvano fought for his life, not only to win his own battle, but also to get donations for cancer research. At the 1993 ESPY's Awards, ESPN awarded Valvano the Arthur Ashe Courage Award.
Hearing Valvano's speech at the ESPYs will make you laugh, think, and cry--three things--according to Valvano, that you should do every day.
In that speech Valvano
announced the beginning of the Jimmy V Foundation, his charity to fund cancer research. Though Valvano passed away soon after his moving speech, the foundation is still active and important today, annually raising millions of dollars. An early season NCAA men's basketball tournament, almost always featuring announcer Dick Vitale, benefits the
cause.
As a speaker, Valvano is a great storyteller. One small part of his method was the use of the "power of threes." This rhetorical "trick" lists three (or sometimes more) items in parallel structure. An example is the famous line, "I came, I saw, I conquered." Take note for Valvano's use of "threes" in his speech.
Valvano also makes effective allusions to sports greats Arthur Ashe and Vince Lombardi. Find out who these men were.
As a speaker, Valvano is a great storyteller. One small part of his method was the use of the "power of threes." This rhetorical "trick" lists three (or sometimes more) items in parallel structure. An example is the famous line, "I came, I saw, I conquered." Take note for Valvano's use of "threes" in his speech.
Valvano also makes effective allusions to sports greats Arthur Ashe and Vince Lombardi. Find out who these men were.
Your assignment: listen to the speech (click on this link) and read the words to the speech at this link. Write your journal by responding to the following prompt (MINIMUM OF 200 WORDS):
Analyze the speech according to pathos, ethos, and logos. You should be able to write a short paragraph about each of the three. What strategy is most effective? Support your answer citing key lines from the speech.
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In the year 1993, Jim Valvano delivered an extremely effective speech during the ESPY’s about his personal experiences throughout his years coaching basketball. Valvano effectively used the rhetoric methods ethos, logos, and pathos in his speech to convey his message in a memorable way.
Valvano shows ethos in his speech by the act of simply accepting the award he is presented before the speech. Valvano’s credibility increases upon receiving the award because it shows that he is a legitimate coach who has achieved many great things. Valvano also says, “I was coaching at Rutgers University, that was my first job…” This form of ethos shows his audience that he started to gain credibility at the beginning of his first job.
The second method of rhetoric that Valvano uses is logos. He uses examples of how other coaches, such as Vince Lombardi, effectively spoke to their audiences. These different techniques had logically been known to be effective for other speakers. Valvano uses the same techniques during his speeches by trying to emulate other successful coaches; he logically understands that previous techniques that were successful may be equally successful for him.
The last rhetoric that Valvano uses is pathos. This is the most effective rhetoric that is used by Valvano because of his ability to personally connect with the emotions of his audience. He says during his speech, “If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day. That's a heck of a day.” This parallel structure of emotions is used to show his reasoning of what every person should be able to experience on a regular basis. Another parallel structure he uses for pathos is, “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.” This anaphora presents many physical things that are controlled by emotional values. Pathos is the most effective rhetoric because the audience is drawn into what he says on a personal and emotional level. Valvano is able to effectively use many different forms of rhetoric, especially pathos, to convey his speech.
When Jimmy Valvano gave his speech he was very emotional and honest. He was speaking from the heart and the mind. He appealed to the audience while giving his speech by using the three strategies ethos, logos, and pathos. He used Ethos by talking about his experience as a coach. Jimmy talked about his first coaching job at Rutgers University. He used logos by discussing what he did before the basketball games and after the basketball games. Just talking about general facts and information. Valvano used pathos to a great extent. He talked about how there are three things everyone should do every day, laugh, think, and cry. These are three very emotional things. I think the strategy of pathos worked the best in this particular speech because people are emotional and saying or doing the right thing can really get into someone’s head and make them feel . Emotion is something that can appeal to every single person in a room and is the easiest thing to get across in an audience.
Jimmy Valvano was a very effective speaker in the way he used ethos, logos, and pathos throughout his speech at the ESPY Awards. He used ethos to build himself up in the beginning by saying he did not have those cue cards telling him what to say, so he would speak longer than the other speakers. He then went into saying how time was very precious to him because he did not know how much of it he had left. He was fighting cancer and explained how nothing has changed for him. He was still the emotional and passionate man he has always been. He came from a family who loved, kissed, and hugged each other, and he couldn’t help that he often did that.
Jimmy used logos throughout his whole speech. He was trying to get people to understand that if they enjoy their life, laugh, think, and cry, and take to heart the special moments they endure, then they will have an effective life. He was trying to get people to understand the seriousness of cancer, but also how someone who has cancer can be a perfectly happy person like Jimmy. He wanted people to support cancer research by donating money, and he announced this by simply stating the cause.
Jimmy’s most effective strategy was pathos, or the emotional side to the speech. He explained how he was fighting a battle with cancer, which may have made some people, like his family, cry. However, Jimmy did not let that change how he acted or went about his life. Moving away from the sad topic, Jimmy began to tell a funny story about his first coaching job, which made the audience laugh. He then went on to make the audience think a little by telling them that they should appreciate every moment they have and to enjoy life. Since he did not know how much time he had left, Jimmy was sure to laugh, think, and cry everyday, something he made his audience do that night at the Awards.
The speech of Valvano showed examples of ethos, logos, and pathos all throughout.
His speech starts with an example of Ethos. Valvano says its an honor “to even be mentioned in the same breath with Arthur Ashe. He shows respect and relates himself to others, which shows ethos and character. Pathos comes up frequently throughout the whole speech.
One of the three things Valvano thinks you should do each day is “you should have your emotions moved to tears, could be happiness or joy.” The rhetorical technique of Pathos involves the use of emotions. Emotions are very important in a person’s life according to this speech, and Valvano also uses words that can stir emotion in others. His descriptions of several things ranging from family to sports can show emotions such as praise or happiness.
Valvano also makes a point “to enjoy your life, the precious moments you have.” This is an example of Logos. He wants you to enjoy life to its fullest by utilizing emotions, thinking, and laughing. He makes it a point that it is important to always be enthusiastic and follow your dreams.
I think that his use of Logos was most effective because he had a strong point. He also backed it up with topics and used the support of Pathos and Ethos to strengthen his thoughts.
Jimmy Valvano truly was a great man, coach, and speaker. The rhetoric used by Valvano was gripping and had the capability of capturing the attention of audience for hours. His use of ethos, pathos, and logos was effective and eminent, but I believe that his use of pathos is most powerful.
Valvano’s use of ethos was strong throughout the speech. “I can't tell you what an honor it is to even be mentioned in the same breath with Arthur Ashe,” is one line that Valvano uses to not only praise Arthur Ashe, but it reminds the audience that he too is a great. This builds the audience’s trust with him, knowing that he is of importance too.
The use of pathos throughout the speech was effective and extremely powerful. He could bring the audience to tears one minute, then to an uproar of laughter the next. “That screen is flashing up there thirty seconds like I care about that screen right now, huh?” is an example of his appeal to the audience’s sense of humor, while “I don't know how much [time] I have left…” appeals to the audience as being very sad.
Lastly, the use of logos was used strongly throughout the speech.” I'll also tell you that five hundred thousand people will die this year of cancer,” is a fact given by Valvano to give the crowd a slight idea of how terrible of a disease cancer is. Valvano persuaded many people to contribute to research on cancer. Valvano’s coaching legacy and memorable speeches will never be forgotten and will be cherished forever.
Shortly before dying of cancer, the North Carolina State basketball coach, Jim Valvano, delivered a speech at the 1993 ESPY’s Awards, honoring his courage, perseverance, and pure heart to never give up. In this incredible speech, Valvano uses ethos, logos, and pathos very effectively to give the appropriate implication to the audience. He uses ethos at the beginning of his speech by saying, “I can’t tell you what an honor it is to even be mentioned in the same breath with Arthur Ashe. This is something I certainly will treasure forever.” These two lines demonstrate that Valvano can’t believe he is even considered to be in the presence of such an audience and to be in the same category as so many other nominees who, he believes, are greater than him. This use of ethos shows great humility and grateful acknowledgment to the audience. Valvano also uses logos near the middle of his speech with, “It’s so important to know where you are. And I know where I am right now. How do you go from where you are to where you wanna be? And I think you have to have an enthusiasm for life. You have to have a dream, a goal. And you have to be willing to work for it.” This part of his speech demonstrates logos because he is stating fact, using reason and logic to explain how to move from where you currently are to where you want to be. This appeals to the audience because they know what he is going through, and they understand the logic behind his statement. Valvano uses pathos in his speech with the lines, “Time is very precious to me. I don’t know how much I have left, and I have some things that I would like to say.” This is an example of pathos from Valvano’s speech because the whole audience knows his current situation, and they realize that him talking about not having much time left is very sad; Valvano is hitting the audience’s soft spot by acknowledging his impending death, and he unquestionably raises a good amount of emotion out of them. I think that the most effective strategy Valvano uses in his speech is pathos, because, unquestionably, every person in that audience knows that Valvano has terminal cancer and will die soon, making the entire idea of the speech that much sadder. However, as Valvano is talking about not having much time left, it really creates an effect of sadness and grief throughout the auditorium, clearly demonstrated by the audience’s deafening silence to hearing these words uttered by Jim Valvano himself. Even though Valvano uses each of ethos, logos, and pathos very effectively, pathos is by far the most effective style used for this speech, as he makes an already-emotional speech into an unbelievably-emotional plea for each and every audience member to hear.
Jim Valvano used Pathos in his speech through multiple ways. He told his story about coaching the freshman at Rutgers University, and his battle with cancer. Valvano also told his audience to cherish their lives, through making sure you live life to the fullest. “I just got one last thing, I urge all of you, all of you, to enjoy your life, the precious moments you have,” said Jim Valvano. This really captured the emotions of the audience, which made them contemplate life. I think Pathos is most effective in speech.
Jim Valvano built up his credibility through Ethos in his speech also. “I was coaching at Rutgers University that was my first job, and I was the freshman coach,” said Jim. By saying this Valvano showed the crowd that he started as a small time coach, moving up the ranks to more important positions. This was a humble way of telling the crowd what he did, and how his coaching career started.
Jim Valvano said, “I talked about my family, my family's so important.” This is a logical sense of learning his priorities, also known as Logos. He showed the crowd that his family comes first, and that they should take a step back to appreciate what is really most important. Valvano used a smarter way of telling the crowd to not overlook the smaller things in life.
Jim Valvano used Pathos in his speech through multiple ways. He told his story about coaching the freshman at Rutgers University, and his battle with cancer. Valvano also told his audience to cherish their lives, through making sure you live life to the fullest. “I just got one last thing, I urge all of you, all of you, to enjoy your life, the precious moments you have,” said Jim Valvano. This really captured the emotions of the audience, which made them contemplate life. I think Pathos is most effective in speech.
Jim Valvano built up his credibility through Ethos in his speech also. “I was coaching at Rutgers University that was my first job, and I was the freshman coach,” said Jim. By saying this Valvano showed the crowd that he started as a small time coach, moving up the ranks to more important positions. This was a humble way of telling the crowd what he did, and how his coaching career started.
Jim Valvano said, “I talked about my family, my family's so important.” This is a logical sense of learning his priorities, also known as Logos. He showed the crowd that his family comes first, and that they should take a step back to appreciate what is really most important. Valvano used a smarter way of telling the crowd to not overlook the smaller things in life.
In Jimmy Valvano’s speech he used pathos in an extraordinary way. By using pathos he adds feeling and emotion which we can relate to in his speech. His lines “Cancer can take away all my physical ability. 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,” let us really feel his emotions. He also uses the line, “And its motto is ‘Don't give up, don't ever give up’ which is motivational and gives us feeling.
Jimmy uses logos in his speech to express the logic of speech. He uses logos when he says, “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.” This statement helps support his argument that we should cherish every moment of our lives and thank God for the moments he is giving us on earth.
He also uses ethos in an effective way in his speech. He says, “I can't tell you what an honor it is to even be mentioned in the same breath with Arthur Ashe. This is something I certainly will treasure forever,” which states his credibility and shows that he is someone worth listening to.
I think his use of pathos is the most effective strategy because he was already a well respected man whom people wanted to listen to. His use of pathos enhanced his stories and his words to the point where we could feel his emotions.
Jim Valvano’s “Never Give Up” speech was extremely inspiring. Valvano incorporated the three main rhetorical styles logos, ethos, and pathos. He used logos when speaking about his first job. He said he worked as the coach for the freshman team at Rutgers University. He also uses logos when he talks about cancer. He says “…five hundred thousand people will die this year of cancer. And I'll also tell you that one in every four will be afflicted with this disease, and yet, somehow, we seem to have put it in a little bit of the background.” which supports his main topic in his speech which is the need for support for cancer. Valvano also used pathos throughout his entire speech. When he spoke about his cancer, especially when he said, “Cancer can take away all my physical ability. 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.” When he said this he then caught the audience’s emotions. I think Valvano used pathos the most because the entire speech was very emotional. Jim Valvano’s “Never Give Up” speech was inspiring and had all the elements it needed to be an effective speech.
Jim Valvano was an extremely effective writer. A big reason why he was such an effective writer was because he used ethos, pathos, and logos in his speech when he was recieving the Arthur Ashe Courage Award. Valvano uses ethos when he talks about his first time coaching. He says his first coaching job was at Rutgers University coaching freshman. He remembers giving his first motivational speech before there first game that season. Valvano also uses pathos. He uses pathos when he talks about him having cancer and how you should laugh, think, and cry every single day. Logos is also used in Valvano's speech. Logos is used at the end of his speech but it isn't logical. He is talking about how he will fight his brains out so he can come back the next year to give the Arthur Ashe Courage Award to the recipient but that won't happen; Jim Valvano will pass away shortly after that speech was given. out of the three strategies i think pathos was the most effective. I think pathos was the most effective because of his back story. This man had cancer and he was fighting for his life. People were motivated and inspired by him. Valvano uses a sentence that I think is very inspiring. He says "Now, I'm fighting cancer, everybody knows that. People ask me all the time about how you go through your life and how's your day, and nothing is changed for me." These two sentences show the audience how stronge he is and the courage he has.
Jim Valvano’s speech was truly moving and emotional. Jim is definitely a qualified speaker, which made the speech more exciting and heartfelt. Throughout his speech, he made reference to these three things that you need to do every day-“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.” These three things are pathos, but also logos. These lines are pathos because they make the audience think and feel emotion. They are visualizing doing these three things every day. These lines are logos because it’s logical to laugh, think, and cry every day.
“I always have to think about what's important in life to me are these three things. Where you started; where you are; and where you're gonna be. Those are the three things that I try and do every day.” This refers to logos because Valvano is making a key statement about three things he tries to do every day. These three things are very logical and make sense. You have to look ahead in life but also think back on what has already happened.
Jim Valvano’s speech also has ethos because he makes the audience well aware of his condition with complete faith in himself. “Now, I'm fighting cancer, everybody knows that. People ask me all the time about how you go through your life and how's your day, and nothing is changed for me.” He is being completely open and honest to everyone listening. Jim Valvano is also building trust with the audience by sharing his personal stories and experiences with them. He talks about the first speech he ever gave and where that inspiration came from.
Jim Valvano presented a very moving speech. He was able to incorporate pathos, logos, and ethos into it. He used ethos in a rather humble way. He says “I'm a very emotional, passionate man,” “I was coaching at Rutgers University.” What he’s doing is telling the crowd about his self and his credibility. He’s telling the crowd a little bit about himself and he’s trying to get the crowd to like and trust him. Using ethos is your speech builds up your character. It also tells the crowds about your own experiences. Valvano also uses pathos. He uses this all throughout his speech. Whenever he talks about his rough times and his battle with cancer he’s using pathos. When he does this he’s trying to get you emotional and passionate. He’s trying to emotionally move you with his speech, which I’m sure everyone was. When he says “And that's what I'm going to try to do every minute that I have left. I will thank God for the day and the moment I have,” it gets the crowd pretty emotional. But it’s not all sad. When he told that crowd to laugh, think, and cry every day, it not only was a good example of pathos, but it also brightened the mood. The last thing he uses is logos. He uses logos when he brings up the research foundations for AIDS and Cancer. He’s drawing everyone’s attention and backing it up logically saying how it’s such and epidemic. He’s giving facts about the problems and solutions. Jimmy Valvano’s speech was truly inspiring. It was a great example of the uses of pathos, logos, and ethos. I think the strategy that was most effective was pathos. His speech did get very emotional when he talked about his daily struggles. It also got emotional, in a more positive way, when he told everyone to live their lives to the fullest and to laugh, think, and cry every day.
Jim Valvano delivers a well-written speech that people respond positively to. He makes use of Ethos, Pathos, Logos, and literary techniques to appeal to his audience. He uses Ethos when he talks about himself having cancer and also his history of coaching a men’s basketball to victory. He says, “Now, I'm fighting cancer, everybody knows that,” which makes people sympathize with him and make them more attentive. Another literary device he uses is Pathos. He uses humor to win over the audience like in the example, “I go to knock the doors open just like Lombardi. Boom! They didn't open.” I feel that his use of Pathos is the most effective out of the three because his jokes help to ease the mood and help his speech to be long but not unbearable. Valvano also uses Logos to appeal to the intellect of his listeners. He says, “I'll also tell you that five hundred thousand people will die this year of cancer,” while trying to support his new program for raising money for researching cancer. He also delivers a good speech because of his use of anaphora and parallel structure. In his final lines he says, “Cancer can take away all my physical ability. It cannot touch my mind; it cannot touch my heart; and it cannot touch my soul.” Jim Valvano uses literary devices that transform his words into a memorable speech.
Jim Valvano made an excellent and memorable speech while accepting the Arthur Ashe Courage award from ESPN in 1993. In his speech, he put many rhetorical techniques into use, such as putting things into groups of three. He also employed the rhetorical techniques of pathos, logos, and ethos
Valvano used the technique of ethos less than the other rhetorical ones because the audience was already convinced that he was an upstanding man, otherwise he wouldn’t have received the award. He still manages to remain very humble. He claims “I can't tell you what an honor it is to even be mentioned in the same breath with Arthur Ashe. This is something I certainly will treasure forever.” He also tells a little anecdote about “my idol as a coach was Vince Lombardi…” and how he tried to emulate him by giving a locker room speech and how he ended up screwing it up. He needed very few examples of ethos, but even with these less than abundant examples, he still got his point across that he was an upstanding man.
Valvano is stingy with his use of logos as well. He used his battle with cancer to show people that it’s logical to laugh, cry, and think every day for a full life. He also convinces people to have enthusiasm for life. He reasons, “How do you go from where you are to where you wanna be? And I think you have to have an enthusiasm for life.”
Perhaps the most effective strategy he engaged was the generous use of pathos. He appealed to the audiences emotions, often, in a very humorous way. Valvano had been diagnosed with cancer one year before, but continued to coach with fervor and dedication. Although cancer is a serious matter he kept the tone of his speech lighthearted and humorous. He said things like,” But, I can't help it. Now, I'm fighting cancer, everybody knows that. People ask me all the time about how you go through your life and how's your day, and nothing is changed for me.” He did, however, try to convince people to donate his newly-founded organization to fund cancer research. He said “But try if you can to support, whether it's AIDS or the cancer foundation, so that someone else might survive, might prosper, and might actually be cured of this dreaded disease.” His struggle with the disease inspired people to work harder and to cherish every day of their lives.
With all of these techniques combined, this acceptance speech was one of the most memorable and effective of all time.
When Jim Valvano gave his speech to the crowd at the ESPYs it was accepted by the crowd in many different ways. Some parts made the crowd want to laugh, some parts made them want to cry, and other parts could really make the crowd hear the message that he was trying to get across. Personally I feel that his use of pathos in this speech was most effective, because I think that it was easiest to connect emotionally to the speech than it was the other two ways.
Jim Valvano’s speech used ethos when he talked about his past experiences as a coach. He named a lot of the different coaching positions that he has held over the years. Those positions include his first coaching job at Rutgers University as the freshmen basketball coach. He talks about his that job when he says, “I was coaching at Rutgers University, that was my first job -- oh, that's wonderful, and I was the freshman coach.” Another one was as the basketball coach at NC State University. He was also very well known for his speeches to his teams, and he would often travel around the country and talk to large groups of people about his coaching experience. This showed that he was a qualified public speaker.
Jim Valvano’s speech used logos towards the end of his speech. When he is speaking about the statistics of people who have cancer and the number of people who die every year from cancer, he uses exact numbers to prove his point. He says this concerning cancer research and the number of people who die from cancer, “But if I told you it's ten times the amount that goes in for cancer research. I'll also tell you that five hundred thousand people will die this year of cancer.” He also compares the number of cancer elated deaths to the number of AIDs related deaths. He does this to show the audience that it is smarter to donate to his cause because the fatality rate is much larger for people who have cancer than the people who have AIDs. Also, he said that the more money donated to the cause now, the higher the chances for a cure to be found just in case any of their children develop cancer.
Jim Valvano’s speech used pathos when he started talking about how he might not have that much time left. He talks about how he wants to treasure every moment, because he isn’t sure how much longer h is going to be alive. This tugs on the heart strings of the crowd and makes us feel sad and sorry for the man. When he mentions his family and talks about they are his courage and his strength that also connects with our emotions. Also, when he urges everyone to enjoy their life and to laugh every day that shows that that’s really what he wants to do since he doesn’t have that much time left. By him saying that, it shows us the emotion that he has about that particular subject. A line that supports this is, “I just got one thing, I urge all of you, to enjoy life, the precious moments you have.” I chose that line because it really stuck out to me as a line that I connect with emotionally.
Jim Valvano was able to incorporate pathos first in his speech. He starts off by saying that he is a very emotional and passionate man. This was the case even before he had cancer, he said that it is just the way that his family is. He also says “We hug, we kiss, we love” this appeals to the emotional aspects of his life that can also connect with the audience. Jim Valvano also says that you should laugh, think and cry everyday. Laughing and crying are aspects of your emotions that represent his use of pathos.
Jim Valvano uses ethos when he tells an anecdote about his first job and first speech he had ever made. He was trying to copy a speech made by Vince Lombardi to his team in the locker room. He did not successfully pull this off because he forgot what to say, but from that point on he knew his own speeches would be best. He slowly builds trust with the audience because he talks about his career and the many adventures he had experienced. Jim Valvano seemed to have so many great stories because he lived life to the fullest and experienced many things.
Jim Valvano uses logical reasoning through statistics to get the audience to really think. He tells them about the Jimmy V foundation for Cancer Research and how so many people are affected by cancer each year. He says that one in four people will be affected by cancer in their lifetime. He expresses the need for donations toward cancer research to show how bad it really is. Jim Valvano realistically puts cancer in a different view so everyone can truly understand how bad this epidemic is.
Among the three rhetoric strategies, Valvano is most effective at using pathos. He uses ethos by comparing himself with Arthur Ashe and Vince Lombardi, other sport coaches who have given pep talks to their teams. He tells an anecdote of when he first started coaching, and telling his own team to focus on “your family, your religion, and the Green Bay Packers”. He uses logos by saying how because of having cancer, his time is valuable; he has a very short time left to live, and he should make the most out of it. He says how the donation that he has created would help not only him, but other people who are also suffering from cancer. This is logical because the foundation was created to fund cancer research, and cancer itself is a disease that affects many people. Pathos is used most effectively, however. His “power of three” method is used frequently throughout the speech, giving it more emotion. Some examples are “we hug, we kiss, we laugh”, “you laugh, you think, you cry”, and “it cannot touch my mind; cannot touch my heart; cannot touch my soul”. This parallelism of how one should live life makes it more effective at conveying pathos.
Jim Valvano used the rhetoric techniques of pathos, logos, and ethos in order to make an effective speech. He used ethos to establish his credibility as a speaker and to show people that he is going to be worth listening to. He does this in a few ways. First he tells jokes to get the crowd involved. Then he puts himself down to build himself up. An example of this is when he tells the story of his first speech to his players at Rutgers. He tries to imitate Lombardi but instead messes up and makes a fool of himself. He also states that he has cancer and will probably die from it. But he also says why he is there and what he wants to do to help others. He is making himself seem like a person who deserves respect and has something to say to us all. Jimmy V also uses pathos in his speech. He tells the audience that he is going to die most likely from cancer. He then goes on to say that he is going to help those who also have cancer. He urges others to do likewise but uses emotional appeal to ask for help for his cause. He says that the money might save their lives, it might save a relative’s life, and it may save their kids’ lives. He makes them think about losing ones dear to them and makes them think about how others feel when loved ones pass due to cancer. The last rhetorical device he uses is logos. He tells the audience the facts about cancer and why a cure needs to be developed. He tells them how many people are affected each year. He then relates this back to them saying that most likely someone they know will be affected. He states the argument that since so many will be affected you will probably help save a loved one’s life as well with your donations and contributions.
There are many examples of Ethos, Pathos, and Logos in Jim Valvano’s speech at the 1993 ESPY awards. Jim Valvano easily makes the audience laugh, cry, and think when he gives his speech, all key elements to ethos pathos and logos. A great example of Ethos is when Valvano says “You have to have a dream, a goal. And you have to be willing to work for it.” This makes the audience think about where they are in their lives and where they want to be, or at least it made me think that. Having a goal in life is so important because without one you really have no drive or purpose. A good example of Pathos in the speech is when Valvano talks about his first speech as a coach. The story is humorous and makes the audience laugh which can really help keep an audience interested. When Valvano talks about how he was inspired by a book he read on Vince Lombardi it shows a good example of Logos. Valvano talks about how Vince Lombardi was as a great coach and the tactics he used to get his teamed fired up for a game. By talking about Lombardi, Valvano proves to the audience he has knowledge and is educated about coaching. In my opinion, Valvano is a great speech writer. I had never heard of Jim Valvano in my life and after hearing his speech I now know he was an inspirational speaker and I’m sure a great coach.
There are many examples of Ethos, Pathos, and Logos in Jim Valvano’s speech at the 1993 ESPY awards. Jim Valvano easily makes the audience laugh, cry, and think when he gives his speech, all key elements to ethos pathos and logos. A great example of Ethos is when Valvano says “You have to have a dream, a goal. And you have to be willing to work for it.” This makes the audience think about where they are in their lives and where they want to be, or at least it made me think that. Having a goal in life is so important because without one you really have no drive or purpose. A good example of Pathos in the speech is when Valvano talks about his first speech as a coach. The story is humorous and makes the audience laugh which can really help keep an audience interested. When Valvano talks about how he was inspired by a book he read on Vince Lombardi it shows a good example of Logos. Valvano talks about how Vince Lombardi was as a great coach and the tactics he used to get his teamed fired up for a game. By talking about Lombardi, Valvano proves to the audience he has knowledge and is educated about coaching. In my opinion, Valvano is a great speech writer. I had never heard of Jim Valvano in my life and after hearing his speech I now know he was an inspirational speaker and I’m sure a great coach.
Jimmy Valvano was an excellent speaker who proved to be very effective and powerful throughout his life and career as a coach of North Carolina State Wolfpack basketball team, who lead them to a championship in 1983. His speeches were very moving and they appealed to ethos, pathos, and logos. Jimmy commonly used his rhetorical trick, “the power of threes” to enhance his words and provide more relatable ideas to his audience with triple parallelism. For a day to be successful, Jimmy reasoned and believed that everyone must do three things: laugh, think, and cry. And of course, his words did exactly that. His famous speech at the 1993 ESPY’s Awards appealed to his audience emotionally and logically. The speech can be related to ethos, pathos, and logos. Valvano ties in to pathos by mentioning his fight with cancer, and his comical experiences as a coach such as himself almost breaking his arm running into the locker room door. He says, “I don’t know how much time I have left.” Despite Jimmy’s disease and knowledge of how little time he has left, he enthusiastically focused on helping others and finding cures to ensure that he can make a difference. At the end of his speech he said, “Cancer can take away all my physical ability. 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.” Jimmy’s positive outlook on life allowed him to be so successful. Ethos can be seen throughout his speech as he talks about life and how he never gave up and continued to dream. “We hug, we kiss, we love,” said Valvano. The Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi inspired him. Valvano cherished the short but powerful pep talk he gave, and used it himself as a coach. “All eyes on me. Gentlemen, we will be successful this year, if you can focus on three things, and three things only: Your family, your religion, and the Green Bay Packers. Jimmy lived by this statement and did not fail to fulfill it. He talked about himself, his credibility and his strategies, which can be related primarily to ethos. All in all, I think Jimmy Valvano’s speech was highly effective and heartrending. It appealed to mainly to the emotions, to pathos, which was most effective especially given the bad circumstances he was under health wise. The 1993 speech by Jimmy Valvano will always be one to remember.
Jim Valvano could not have delivered a better speech to his audience. He used all logos, ethos, and pathos. Throughout his speech, Valvano talked about famous sports figures Mike Krzyewski, Vince Lombardi and Arthur Ashe. He gave information about the struggles of AIDS and cancer. These are examples of logos. Most powerfully, Valvano used ethos. He just being a famous, legendary coach that he is brings authority to his speech. He gets personal with his audience. Valvano tell them about his current struggle with cancer and his first speech he gave when he was only a very young coach at Rutgers. He told the audience about him trying to mimic and be as inspirational Vince Lombardi but unfortunately he embarrassed himself in front of his team. He talks about his family being with him there and forever. Finally, Valvano uses pathos to get in his audience’s head and make them feel that they are needed to make a change. Most everyone in the audience knows about his cancer, but he does not dwell on that. Valvano tells them that he is starting a foundation for cancer research. He knows his reputation as a coach has gotten him this chance to make a difference. He uses his family as an example for everyone’s family. He wants his audience to think about their family and what if one of their family members got cancer. Jim Valvano was an amazing speaker and used all the modes of persuasion to appeal to his audience. He uses his personal stories to make himself seem more credible and to give his audience a sense of comfort.
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Journal #1 Laugh, Think, and Cry
Mr. Valvano makes several appeals to logos in his speech. When he mentions cancer and how “Cancer research receives ten times less research money then aids.” He also talks about 500,000 people will die from cancer and that 1/4 will be affected in some way by this debilitating disease. These are just some of the very good uses of logos that can be found in Valvano’s speech.
Some examples of pathos include the line where Valvano seems to beg the people for help. He says “We need help, I need your help. By doing this Valvano has humbled himself saying that he knows he needs lots of help in order to make his dream a reality. He is pleading with his audience showing his human sign. This great legendary man is showing he can’t do it all that even the great are only as effective as others make them.
Some examples of Ethos can be found when he refers to his first game and shows how much he has changed since then. He shows that he didn’t start out this great and amazing speaker that it took time and patience to become great. He refers to his family and his multiple roles throughout his career as a coach and a player.
Jim Valvano uses ethos, pathos, and logos very effectively in his 1993 speech, “Never Give Up.” He used pathos more than any other of the rhetoric devices because this topic was more emotional and personal. He says, “nothing has changed for me, I’m a very emotional passionate man.” This makes the audience feel very emotional. He also says, “time is very precious to me and I do not know how much I have left.” This makes the speech more serious and touching. Jim Valvano also used logos by using statistics and stating facts about the cancer he has. He uses this to get the attention of the crowd. He talks directly to them saying, “I need your help. We need money for research.” Ethos is used to describe his image as a coach or just a man with his peers. Jim Valvano talks about other people including his idol, Vince Lombardi. He is not just talking about basketball, but he is expanding the topic to other sports as well to make the connection to Ethos.
Jim Valvano’s speech represents the ideals of pathos, ethos, and logos in numerous ways.
For Ethos, Valvano takes a self-deprecating, often humorous, approach to his cancer. Though the situation is grave for him, he mentions it as though it were no big deal. For example, “I got tumors all over my body. I'm worried about some guy in the back going thirty seconds, huh?”. By giving less credit to himself and more to the actual speech, ethos is portrayed clearly.
Pathos is a completely obvious tactic used in Jim Valvano’s speech. He discusses the fact that, because of cancer, he’s running out of time. He encourages his listeners to “enjoy your life, the precious moments you have.” This appeals to the basic feelings of wanting to live, wanting more time, and wanting to spend that time with those we love. By reminding people of their lives’ unpredictability, Valvano utilizes pathos as an excellent persuasion implement.
In terms of Logos, there is a sense of reality to his words. He doesn’t sugarcoat the fact that he is rapidly dying of cancer. Instead of indulging in self-pity, he simply states that he doesn’t have much time left. However, Valvano’s final words illustrate a dynamic, undeniable logic: “Cancer can take away all my physical ability. 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.”
Overall Jim Valvano is a great speaker. His entire speech is very effective and moving. Watching it myself made me want to meet him or at least learn more about him. He seemed like a terrific person, and I have never heard about him before this assignment. So just the fact that he could convey so much through one eleven-minute speech proves that he is a powerful speaker. He makes great use of the power of threes. For example when he said everyday you should laugh, think, and cry. He also said that he has to think about what’s important in life, and that is where you started, where you are, and where you’re going. Later in the speech he said that cancer could never touch his mind, his heart and his soul. These are just some of the examples used in his speech. All of them appeal to logos. They make sense and stand out during his speech. Towards the end of his speech when he begins talking about the Jimmy V foundation, he gives statistics on aids and cancer; this is logical information, which is also a part of logos.
Some of what he said appeals to ethos, when he talks about his first job at Rutgers it tells you about his humble beginnings, it makes him seem credible because he has been working for so long. He is also pretty funny which makes him likeable.
The most strongly felt device is pathos, during his speech Valvano mentions many times that he has cancer. He frequently says things about his time left on earth, and that he’s going to keep fighting. He himself says many times that he his very emotional guy, and it seems like he is during his speech. He often talks about enthusiasm and his love for life and his family. While over all his speech does contain great rhetorical devices, as well as ethos and logos, the most strongly felt is pathos. A lot of his speech does seem to revolve around emotion, enthusiasm, and passion.
This was a very moving speech made by Jimmy Valvano. It really appealed to three major speech persuasion techniques. These techniques being: Pathos, Ethos, and Logos. Jimmy Valvano was a very respectable man, a great coach, and making the best of a terrible disease. He said it in his speech: “As Dick said, I'm a very emotional, passionate man. I can't help it.” This part of his speech, where he was sort of building up his own credibility, was in reference to Ethos. Another time he appeals to Ethos is when he says this: “The kids I'm coaching are nineteen, alright? And I'm going to be the greatest coach in the world, the next Lombardi.” He sets himself up as being an awesome coach.
There are many times in the speech where he appeals to the audiences emotions through Pathos. “But if I told you it's ten times the amount that goes in for cancer research. I'll also tell you that five hundred thousand people will die this year of cancer.” One of the times he brings up cancer. This line appeals to his audience because cancer is a very real thing, and a family member could easily get it. He brings up his cancer and other facts about cancer during his speech in accordance with Pathos.
Along with his facts of cancer come Logos. He’s appealing to his audience’s sense of reasoning and logic. “And I'll also tell you that one in every four will be afflicted with this disease, and yet, somehow, we seem to have put it in a little bit of the background.” This is one of the lines where he was able to appeal to the logic of his audience, that cancer is a serious thing, and can’t just be put aside.
In Jim Valvano’s speech logos, pathos and ethos are all used. The speech appealed to logos when Valvano stated his reason for speaking. He told the audience that before he died which could have been soon he hoped he would have something that is important to others. He stated this by saying, “Time is very precious to me. I don't know how much I have left, and I have some things that I would like to say. Hopefully, at the end, I'll have something that will be important to other people too.” He made a key point and then backed it up by talking about his battle with cancer and how nothing has changed for him and he still has the same goal. Valvano’s speech appealed to ethos when he refers to his first experience being a coach. He tells a story about his first job as the coach for freshman basketball at Rutgers University and his embarrassing mistake. Valvano builds a trust with his audience by telling a personal story which is also relatable and funny. This makes the audience feel he is an approachable person which makes them want to listen. Valvano’s speech appealed to pathos when he referred to the three things he believes everyone should do every day: laugh, think, and cry. He appealed to the feelings of pure joy and also sadness. He spoke about how each day something should make you laugh and smile. He also said something should make you spend time in thought. He continued and stated that something should move you to tears whether it be happy or sad. He emphasized this point by saying “But think about it. If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day. That's a heck of a day.” Ethos in my opinion is the most effective strategy. It gets the audience to a trusting place with the speaker. Someone who is trustworthy is most likely going to attract more attention than someone people don’t trust or know.
Jim Valvano was an incredible coach but more importantly, an incredible man. He was the coach of North Carolina State as they won their 1983 basketball championship. However he was always a humble and what appears to be a devout man. During his speech at the 1993 ESPY Awards, he never once assumed himself to be greater than he really was. He appealed to the ethos, or ethical appeal, of all present. He humbled himself when he recalled the story of his first pregame speech where he accidentally said, "Gentlemen, we will be successful this year, if you can focus on three things, and three things only: Your family, your religion, and the Green Bay Packers," just as Vince Lombardi had. He hadn't needed to build up his credibility because he was already the recipient of the Arthur Ashe Award, however he set himself on a more even, almost equal, level as all of those who eagerly listened.
Now that Valvano had "familiarized" himself with the listeners, he was able to appeal to the deeper, more emotional side of his audience or pathos. He preys on the basic human nature to nurture as he narrates his life after his diagnosis with cancer. When afflicted with such a morbid illness all men and women alike inherently sympathized with the man in his time of strife. But even though he may be physically weak, his positive outlook on life is admirable. He shows no signs off sadness even as he stands up on stage and admires all of the memories he has enjoyed, as well as realizes the very few he may have left. He, "urge[s] all of you, all of you, to enjoy your life, the precious moments you have. To spend each day with some laughter and some thought, to get your emotions going."
Lastly Valvano appeals to our logic or logos. He is aware that everyone knows he is soon to pass and he accepts it. He realizes that it would be a logical assumption by his audience that this disease would eventually kill him and in spite of that he stands taller and more proud than ever as if to set a precedent. He and listeners everywhere know how the story will end and he has no trouble making it known. He treats everyone like intelligent adults and does not fabricate the truth for them.
In all, Valvano delivered a speech that will have a resounding echo for decades to come, set the bar for men and women in the future in his position, and left everyone stunned with his honesty and outlook on life. His speech was so effective because it appealed to all people on the emotional level, pathos. Everyone has the necessity to care for another, to laugh at other's wittiness, and to smile out of pure happiness. Valvano allows us to do all three as he embraces his eventually-fatal cancer, pokes fun at himself for his past, and encourages everyone to live their life to the fullest. The speech itself was amazing but its magnanimity fell far short for Valvano as a man, coach, and leader.
The speech by Jim Valvano uses logos when he starts talking about the statistics about cancer. He says," But if I told you it's ten times the amount that goes in for cancer research. I'll also tell you that five hundred thousand people will die this year of cancer." He says this so that people realize that cancer is effecting many people and we need to try and stop it.
Valvano uses pathos on his speech when he starts talking about how he goes through life everyday with cancer. He said that you should laugh, think, and cry every day. He said that if we do that every day we are going to have something special. He also said that," Time is very precious to me, I don't know how much I have left."
In his speech, he uses ethos when he talks about how we need to help cancer patients by getting money for research. He said," We seem to have put it in a little bit of the background. I want to bring it back on the front table. We need your help. I need your help. We need money for research. It may not save my life. It may save my children's life. It may save someone you love. And it's very important." BY saying this it persuades people to donate money for cancer.
I think using ethos is the most effective persuasion method. When using ethos it shows the speakers good character. It makes the audience want to make the moral decision. When using ethos it also involves a little emotion which is also good to use when persuading.
Pathos appeals to the emotional sense, and Valvano’s speech was very emotional. In the speech, he spoke a lot about having cancer and how it has made him feel. He said, “Time is very precious to me. I don't know how much I have left, and I have some things that I would like to say.”It appealed to the emotions in a sad way because he is slowly dying, but also in a positive way because Valvano was very positive about the disease that he has; he said he’s not going to let it slow him down because it can’t mess with his heart, his mind, or his soul. That is emotional because saying powerful words like that can empower others to enjoy their lives. Valvano’s speech also appealed to the emotions because he talks about his personal life such as his family and the first speech he gave, and that would be emotional because he is soon going to have to leave those memories behind because of cancer.
Logos is more of a logical sense, and Valvano’s speech included some smart logic. He spoke of when he was giving his first speech to his first team, when he was only a few years older than them. Valvano included a little anecdote about how he prepared for the speech, and how he messed up the words. Instead of saying, "Gentlemen, we will be successful this year, if you can focus on three things, and three things only: Your family, your religion, and Rutger basketball,” he said, “Gentlemen, we will be successful this year, if you can focus on three things, and three things only: Your family, your religion, and the Green Bay Packers.” Valvano also touches on the logic of enjoying life when he emphasizes that it’s important to know where you are. Another piece of logic from the speech is when Valvano talks about the courage his family gives him every day, which could also be emotional.
Ethos is when the speaker builds up his/her character, and Valvano built up his character during the speech when he was talking about his coaching background, and his good friend, Mike Krzyzewski. He talks about coaching against his friend and competing against him, and ties that into three things he remembers every day: where he started, where he is, and where he’s going to be. These three things also appeal to the emotional sense because you are looking at your personal background. Valvano also speaks about his first coaching job when he coached the freshmen basketball team at Rutgers University, and how he looked up to Vince Lombardi for ideas for his first speech to his new team. Valvano doesn’t spend many words building up his character, but the times he does are interesting and motivational.
Jim Valvano uses three rhetorical devices in his speech. They are ethos, logos and pathos. He uses ethos in his speech because just being at the occasion he was at, Jim was the one receiving the award that is very hard to come by. Ethos is also shown because Valvano showed how much he was respected in a professional standing amongst his peers by saying “I rode on the plane up today with Mike Krzyzewski, my good friend and a wonderful coach. People don’ realize he’s ten times a better person than he is a coach, and we know he’s a great coach.” Valvano showed logos in his speech by stating facts about cancer and how it needs to be a more serious matter. He says in his speech “…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 for cancer research. I'll also tell you that five hundred thousand people will die this year of cancer. And I'll also tell you that one in every four will be afflicted with this disease, and yet, somehow, we seem to have put it in a little bit of the background.” Pathos is used in the speech because he can make you laugh at one moment, and be serious the next minute. Some things that Valcano said that were considered pathos are “Your family, your religion, and Rutgers basketball.” “I go to knock the doors open just like Lombardi. Boom! They didn't open. I almost broke my arm. I was like...Now I was down, the players were looking. Help the coach out, help him out. And now I did like Lombardi, I walked back and forth, and I was going like that with my arm getting the feeling back in it. Finally I said, "Gentlemen, all eyes on me." These kids wanted to play, they're nineteen. "Let's go," I said. "Gentlemen, we'll be successful this year if you can focus on three things, and three things only: Your family, your religion, and the Green Bay Packers.” He gave everybody a good laugh by telling that personal story, but he made everything serious when he started talking about cancer anf gave a very emotional speech by saying these words “I need your help. We need money for research. It may not save my life. It may save my children's life. It may save someone you love. And it's very important.”
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Jim Valvanoe is a great speaker, he knows how to connect to his audience, get his point across, and make it memorable. To do these things he uses the literary devices of ethos, logos, and pathos, very effectively to the point of near perfection.
To get his audience to listen, Valvanoe uses ethos to get everyone to listen to him. He understands that people will listen to someone they can relate to well over someone who tries to act above them. To put himself on the same level with everyone else, he tells a story about the first coaching job he had coaching a high school freshman basketball team. He had planned out a speech he had gotten from the coach of the green bay packers, and in his mind it was going to be a great success. All he had to say was “i want you to think about three things: your family, your religion, and Rudkers basketball.” But when the time came, he almost broke his arm and messed up his less than one minute speech. This great use of ethos puts him with the “everyone is human” crowd, making people more eager to listen to someone who is like them. Another was ethos is used here is in the basic fact that this is a funny and interesting story that will make the audience be in a happy mood and want to hear more.
Valvonoe uses logos in his speech where he describes what he thinks people should do. His principle of “every day you should do three things: laugh, think, and cry.” Doing these things every day, he explains, will make every day one to remember and life more enjoyable. He leads into this talking about his cancer and how he knows he doesn't have that much time left, but he will make the most of it. He will not sit down and let the days go by. Everyday he laughs, thinks, and cries about something, and that makes every day one worth talking about. He says that if you do these three things every day, your life will be something to be talked about. This is a very logical statement, people know they do not always do everything they can with each day, and frankly may not know how to make a day worthwhile. But Valvonoe uses logos as he explains how each day should be lived in his speech.
Finally, pathos is uses in many scenarios in this highly emotional speech. He talks about his cancer, and uses phrases such as “one in four people will be touched by this disease.” This is a very shocking statistic that would create many emotions in the crowd. He created emotions of happiness with his lighthearted stories and messages, and feelings of hope when he says he will not give in to his cancer and will create a benefit in his name for cancer research. Hope becomes the most powerful emotion in this speech when he talks about how he plans on making each day great and although cancer may destroy his body, “it will never touch my mind, my heart, or my soul. And those things will live on forever.” It is statements like these that really drive home the points of the speech and create powerful emotions in the listeners.
At the 1993 ESPY's Awards, ESPN awarded Jim Valvano the Arthur Ashe Courage Award. Valvano accepted the award by giving a memorable speech. In his speech, he used the rhetorical devices of pathos, ethos, and logos.
Valvano used pathos several times throughout his speech. Pathos refers to the emotional appeal to the audience. Jim Valvano used witty humor to get laughs from the audience. He said, “I got tumors all over my body. I'm worried about some guy in the back going thirty seconds, huh?” He also appealed to the audience with empathy. He said, “I don't know how much I have left, and I have some things that I would like to say.” This caused the audience to feel sorrow for him.
Valvano used ethos throughout his speech. Ethos refers to the credibility to the author. He researched the issue of cancer research, making his argument and plea for help credible. The occasion of the speech was credible also. Valvano won an award for humanitarianism. This made the audience respect him even if they knew nothing about his basketball history or current health condition. Jim Valvano used names of friends and famous people in his speech. He said, “I rode on the plane up today with Mike Krzyzewski, my good friend and a wonderful coach,” and, “So my idol as a coach was Vince Lombardi.” These references to other people made Valvano seem knowledgeable and friendly. Also, by speaking about a well-known football coach, it appealed to all sports fans. Finally, Valvano spoke about his family. He said, “I talked about my family, my family's so important. People think I have courage. The courage in my family are my wife Pam, my three daughters, here, Nicole, Jamie, LeeAnn, my mom, who's right here too.” This revealed the strong family value that Valvano possessed.
Jim Valvano used logos throughout his speech. Logos refers to persuading the audience with reason and facts. He said, “But if I told you it's ten times the amount that goes in for cancer research. I'll also tell you that five hundred thousand people will die this year of cancer. And I'll also tell you that one in every four will be afflicted with this disease.” Using numerical facts about cancer made his speech reliable. It also made the audience believe that there is a need for money for cancer research.
The rhetorical device of pathos was most effective in Jim Valvano’s speech at the ESPY’s Awards. It was most effective because he played with the audience’s emotions. If the audience was not emotional interested in his speech, they would not have focused on it or have gotten the message of it.
Jim Valvano's speech appealed through ethos when he states quotes that tell about who he is and what he's done. "I was coaching at Rutgers University, that was my first job and I was the freshman coach. He tells how he started and where he came from. The audience understands how he's grown and trusts him more because he told them how he began.
Jim Valvano appeals through pathos the whole speech. He uses humor at some points and sadness at others. One of the parts of the speech that stood out the most was through pathos, "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." This really captures the attention and emotion of the audience. He is most effective through pathos. He uses this often throughout the speech. "We need your help. I need your help. We need money for research. It may not save my life. It may save my children's life. It may save someone you love. And it's very important." This also speaks through emotion. Emotion is what makes this speech so powerful.
He appeals through logos by talking about the benefits of what the funding for his foundation can do. It can help improve the lives of many people who are affected by cancer. He uses "I'll also tell you that five hundred thousand people will die this year of cancer," to appeal through logos. This is a statistic which is using logic to prove his point.
Jim Valvano definitely knows how to deliver an award winning speech. His speech appealed to the logos area when repeated his state of health with cancer. He continued to bring that point up throughout the speech but he always mentioned how grateful he is for the time he has now. “But, I can't help it. Now, I'm fighting cancer, everybody knows that. People ask me all the time about how you go through your life and how's your day, and nothing is changed for me. As **** said, I'm a very emotional, passionate man. I can't help it.” Those particular lines really stood out to me in the logos sense. Also another line that I thought went with the logos sense was, “And...That screen is flashing up there thirty seconds like I care about that screen right now, huh? I got tumors all over my body. I'm worried about some guy in the back going thirty seconds, huh?” His main reason for doing the speech was not just to accept his award but also to bring attention to the fact that he started a foundation to help cancer studies. Repeatedly mentioning his own battle helped emphasize the support he needed for his new foundation.
His speech did a great job with appealing to the pathos area also. I really saw him trying to connect with the audience’s feelings when he told his story about the first time he gave a locker room speech. He shared an intimate and personal story with us to show that he had not forgotten where he started. Some lines that really pointed out his pathos appeal were, “"Let's go," I said. "Gentlemen, we'll be successful this year if you can focus on three things, and three things only: Your family, your religion, and the Green Bay Packers," I told them. I did that. I remember that. I remember...where I came from.” Also in his way to live did I see some pathos appeal, “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.”
Lastly, his speech also had some ethos appeal. When he was talking about his foundation and all the effort we need to put in finding cures. He built his credentials nicely and got me to trust him. In lines like this, “Now, I look at where I am now and I know what I wanna to do. What I would like to be able to do is to spend whatever time I have left and to give, and maybe some hope to others. Alright, Arthur Ashe Foundation is a wonderful thing” and “I want to bring it back on the front table. We need your help. I need your help. We need money for research. It may not save my life. It may save my children's life. It may save someone you love. And it's very important.” I really saw how much he cared and needed people to support him.
I personally think that the pathos appeal is the most effective in a speech. I feel like it’s really important to connect to the audience’s emotions. You need to refer to your own personal stories and hardships. You cant just quote a bunch of other great speakers; you need to make yourself great. In a great speech you need more emotions then happiness to get your point across.
Jim Valvano’s speech used three different strategies: ethos, logos, and pathos.
Jim used ethos to build up his own credentials. He made many references to coaching and his life with cancer. He made the audience willing to listen because of his past experiences. He also used his Jimmy V Foundation for Cancer Research to show that he wants to help others fight cancer and prove he is worthy of the Arthur Ashe Courage Award.
He used logos when giving facts about cancer. He stated that 500,000 Americans would die from cancer alone that year. Jim wanted to make them pay attention by showing important statistics and facts. He also used lists of “threes” to get his main ideas across. Such “threes” are laugh, think, and cry, where you started, where you are, and where you are going to be, and your family, your religion, and Rutgers basketball.
The most effective strategy for Jim was pathos. Most of his speech incorporated stories and experiences that touched their emotions. He told everyone to enjoy the precious moments you have, spend each day with some laughter, some thought, and some emotion, to be enthusiastic every day, and to keep your dreams alive and be able to work hard for your dreams to become a reality. He also wanted to give hope to others through his organization.
In his speech Jim Valvano uses pathos to tell the audience how they should live everyday and how they should use the time they have. Valvano, multiple times, talks about how everyday we should laugh, think, and cry. He also talks about how important family is to him and he is very caring because of his parents. Valvano also mentions his tumors and he mentions aids many times during the speech. At the end of the speech he tells his audience that we should do more for cancer and aids research. Jim Valvano uses pathos very well during the speech and he uses it with such enthusiasm that it really does connect with your emotions.
During the speech Jim Valvano uses ethos so people will listen more closely. In the beginning he talks about how honored he is to be mentioned with Arthur Ashe. During the speech he talks bout how he wanted to be like Vince Lombardi and how he tried to be like him, even to the extent of copying his speech. He also uses his own cancer to get people to pay more attention to cancer research.
Valvano uses logos throughout his speech. He uses it by talking about cancer and aids research and brings it to attention using his own cancer. Jim Valvano brings up the urgency of cancer and aids research and then follows with points like how more money is going into aids research, the both need more money, and how many people die of cancer each year.
I think that the way Valvano used paths was the most effective. With lines like “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”, “It's so important to know where you are”, and “Cancer can take away all my physical ability. 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”. He really touched my feelings and he probably touched his audiences feelings also.
Valvano begins his speech with ethos to establish his credentials. He does this through humility by saying “it is an honor to even be mentioned in the same breath as Arthur Ashe”. He does not spend much time on this as most people are already aware of his credentials and he is the circumstances of the speech, accepting an award, do not warrant the use of ethos.
Very few use of logos is present in Valvano's speech as he is mostly reflecting on his experiences in life and asking for money donations to cancer research.
Pathos is very prominent in Jim's speech and is definitely the most effective. When he says “If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day.” Valvano uses pathos extremely effectively in his speech in how in his eleven minutes of speaking, the audience experiences various emotions ranging from laughter, inspiration, and sadness. Jim often uses parallels of three to get a point across, such as “Number one is laugh... Number two is think... and umber three is you should have your emotions moved to tears...”. Jim uses these rhetorical devices to create and deliver one of the greatest speeches ever given.
Jim Valvano uses appeals to ethos in his speech. Valvano talks about and tells his story of his first coaching job and pep talk. Valvano boosts his credibility by sharing a part of his life that is embarrassing, so that the audience will identify with him. Valvano also states “It’s so important to know where you are. And I know where I am right now.” He is trying to show that he is respectable and someone who is steadfast and knows what he is doing. Valvano also says “People think I have courage.” He is trying to convince the audience that he is trustworthy and a good man by stating that other people have said that he is courageous, which is an admirable trait. Valvano finally says “Now, I look at where I am now and I know what I wanna to do.” He is boosting his credibility once again, telling the audience that he is here to stay and to help with the fight against cancer. Ethos is Valvano’s most effective strategy in his speech.
Valvano also uses many emotional appeals, or pathos, in his speech. Valvano states “…I’m fighting cancer, everybody knows that.” He is dimming down his fight against cancer which makes people think that he is very selfless. Valvano tries to make it appear as if fighting cancer is just another thing that he is going through. He is trying to get the audience to have some feelings of sadness for him. Valvano talks about family, his wife and three daughters. Valvano urges everyone to enjoy their lives and the precious moments that they have. Valvano talks about the fight against cancer and AIDS which is emotional for many people.
Valvano uses his credibility as a cancer patient to articulate the fight against cancer and tell the audience how he will never give up.
When Valvando says,” I can't tell you what an honor it is to even be mentioned in the same breath with Arthur Ashe. This is something I certainly will treasure forever,” he is using Logos to build up the credentials of the audience. He sincerely thanks them and humbles himself also. “Time is very precious to me. I don't know how much I have left, and I have some things that I would like to say.” Valvano uses Pathos in this part of the speech to appeal to the audience. He is using the sadness of cancer to strike an emotional response to the audience. The audience probably will listen more attentively now since he stated that he doesn’t know how much time he has left. “As Dick said, I'm a very emotional, passionate man. I can't help it.” He is trying to appeal to them by stating that he is emotional and passionate. The quote, “…and I always have to think about what's important in life to me are these three things. Where you started; where you are; and where you're gonna be,” refers to Ethos. Valvando is building up trust with the audience by telling them what is important to him and trying to get the audience to relate. I think that the most effective use of rhetorical speech is Pathos. “I just got one last thing, I urge all of you, all of you, to enjoy your life, the precious moments you have. To spend each day with some laughter and some thought, to get your emotions going.” He gives the audience advice and uses emotional language to engage the audience.
In Jimmy Valvano’s “I Will Never Give Up’’ speech, he expressed so many interesting and life changing points. To do the Mr. Valvano used the rhetorical technique of Pathos to appeal the readers emotion. Any story or speech about a man achieving his goals and overcoming many difficulties is gonna pull at the heart strings, but Mr. Valvano used specific words and phrases to really grab the attention of his audience and get his audience to show true emotions. The lines, “I just got one last thing, I urge all of you, all of you, to enjoy your life, the precious moments you have,” are lines that in my opinion appeal to the emotions the most. After this line, a person may think back on their life, the hardships and the pain, but also the laughter and joy. This mix of memories will bring about emotions and feelings that some people do not feel often. Also the lines, “I will thank God for the day and the moment I have. And if you see me, smile and maybe give me a hug. That's important to me too,” bring about a lot of emotions. This will make a person think about how they treat someone on any given day. you should always treat someone like its the last time you are gonna see them, because you never know what they will come. These various emotional lines helped Mr. Valvano make some very important points and also made his speech one of the greatest sports speeches in history.
In his speech Jim Valvano uses ethos when he makes jokes and talks about his coaching experiences. When he makes jokes he makes the audience laugh and he builds a sense of trust with his audience. He uses ethos when he talks about his coaching experience because he tells the audience about his previous speeches, and he also tells the audience about his inspiration for his speeches. 67
Jim Valvano appeals to logos when he talks about the number of people who die to cancer every year and the inefficient amount of money that goes towards curing cancer. He points out how cancer research receives only one tenth the amount of money that AIDs research receives. Jim Valvano uses logos also points out how five hundred thousand people die every year from cancer and how one in every four people is afflicted by cancer. 81
Valvano appeals to pathos in many ways in his speech. He uses pathos when he talks about how he has cancer and, he will not be alive much longer. Pathos is also utilized throughout the speech when he talks about his friends and memories and when he talks about the loved ones of people getting cancer. 56
I believe pathos is the most effective is this speech because to get people to donate you need to put them in the shoes of other people. It is very powerful when Valvano talks about how one out of every four people is afflicted by cancer. Also he talks about loved ones getting cancer and how cancer research can help them.
Ethos: He says he is honored to be related to Arthur Ashe, as he looks up to him greatly. He states that he will treasure that moment forever in his lifetime. “I can't tell you what an honor it is to even be mentioned in the same breath with Arthur Ashe.” Jim Valvano mentions his good friend and explains how he is a better friend to him, than he is a coach. “People don't realize he's ten times a better person than he is a coach…”
Pathos: He ties in Rocco and Angelina Valvano’s son and uses sensory details to describe the emotions and feelings of the moment of being with him. “We hug, we kiss, we love. And when people say to me how do you get through life or each day, it's the same thing.”
Logos: Jim states that all the money and support from ESPN helps him, which means that it goes to his research for cancer. He claims to spend all his time on this project. Their money and their dollars and they're helping me – “we are starting the Jimmy V Foundation for Cancer Research. And its motto is "Don't give up, don't ever give up."”
Jim Valvano uses many techniques during his speech. The first one he uses is pathos. The sentence that pathos was most evident was “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 gonna have something special.” This was pathos because of the emotion he used, it’s raw emotion. Throughout the speech he uses pathos.
Valvano also used ethos in his speech. The sentence that ethos was most evident was “but try if you can to support, whether it’s AIDS or the cancer foundation so that someone else might survive, might prosper, and might actually be cured of this dreaded disease.” This was ethos because of the decision and choice technique. He wants someone to help either foundation to be a change.
The last technique he used in his speech was logos. The sentence that logos was most evident was “the ability to be able to work hard for your dreams to come true, to become reality.” This was because it was logic and he uses his own words to make a difference and impact people was his logic and thought.
The technique that was most effective was pathos. This was because he talks a lot about his cancer, and charities that need our help. He also used emotion in funny stories and in the sad ones. Valvano uses pathos throughout his entire speech.
Jimmy Valvano is an incredible man and an even more incredible speaker. Valvano uses ethos when he talks about his experience as a college coach. He mentions famous coaches like Mike Krzyzewski, Lou Holtz, Dick Vitale, and Vince Lombardi. He builds up his renown by talking about how he is close friends with a couple of them. In addition, he builds up his credibility by talking about how he was currently battling cancer. Valvano uses logos to reason with you about the fatality of cancer. He said that five hundred thousand people a year will die of cancer and that twenty-five percent of people will be afflicted by cancer. He uses the harsh reality that cancer is the most lethal disease to grab your attention. Most commonly, Valvano uses pathos. His speech constantly makes you think, laugh, and cry. He is able to get you emotional by referring to the fact that he does not have that much time left to live, but he is going to make the most of every moment. The most useful strategy that Valvano uses is pathos because he shows his courage and humility to connect with the audience on an emotional level.
Jim Valvano starts his speech using logos. He says, “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.” He then goes through his speech providing information to support his claim. He provides factual information about how he does all three. It’s logical to laugh, think, and cry every day. Therefore this statement is logos because it has a logical appeal. Jim uses ethos when speaking about his background as a coach, the coaches he knows, and the speeches he has given. He speaks of knowing Mike Krzyzewski and how he has been there for him. He then speaks of reading Vince Lombardi’s book which means he has knowledge on the subject of coaching and giving speeches. He speaks of his first speech he gave to his freshman basketball team at Rutgers University. He says "Gentlemen, we'll be successful this year if you can focus on three things and three things only: Your family, your religion, and the Green Bay Packers." Jim Valvano’s ability to use ethos contributes to his speech because the audience trusts him because he has stated reasons for being qualified. Jim Valvano uses ethos to appeal to the audience’s emotions. He appeals to their love of their lives and their families. He says, “I just got one last thing, I urge all of you, all of you, to enjoy your life, the precious moments you have.” He is saying this because he knows he does not have many precious moments left. I think ethos is his best device because people generally cheer on the underdog and he is fighting a lost battle. His appealing to the emotional side of the audience is going to be the most beneficial. It is the most beneficial because it is going to lead the audience into donating to his foundation for cancer research. The audience feels moved by his love and determination which is easily seen in the standing ovation he receives.
Jim Valvano used the strategy of pathos in his speech very effectively, mainly because he was a very emotional man himself. In his speech at the ESPYs, Valvano uses pathos when he says, “You have to have a dream, a goal. And you have to be willing to work for it.” Valvano is appealing to his audience’s emotion because he is getting them to think about their goals and what they want out of this life. Pathos is also evident in this speech when Valvano states, “…I urge all of you, all of you, to enjoy your life, the precious moments you have.” Here, Valvano is trying to persuade his audience to enjoy what they have now, appealing to their emotions.
Valvano also used the strategy of ethos in his speech to his advantage. He states, “I can’t tell you what an honor it is to even be mentioned in the same breath as Arthur Ashe.” Valvano is boosting his credibility in this statement because he is putting himself under Arthur Ashe, and by humbling himself, he is making himself appeal more to his audience. Valvano also uses ethos during his anecdote about when he coached at Rutger’s University. Valvano uses this anecdote to show that he is, in fact, human and just like everybody else in the audience, thus boosting his credibility.
Lastly, Valvano uses logos multiple times throughout his speech at the ESPYs. One example of this is when Valvano says, “I got tumors…thirty seconds, huh?” This is a logical argument; Valvano should not have to worry about how much longer he has to give his speech when his time on this earth is dwindling down. Another example of logos in Valvano’s speech is this quote: “It's so important to know where you are.” This is another logical argument, as if one does not know who he or she is, then there is no way he or she can take the next step in life.
Overall, the most effective method of rhetoric used by Jim Valvano in his ESPYs speech is pathos because Valvano was able to draw from his personal emotions and tie them into his speech.
Valvano is able to use ethos because he states that he was friends with one man who had to do with the award. In this way he is gaining their trust by saying that yes, he is a normal person, and clearly he must be trustworthy if he’s friends with this guy. Also, he gains their trust by admitting that he is going to have a longer speech because he doesn’t have any cue cards. In this way he is gaining their trust because he is admitting that he is sincere in how he speaks. He uses those two to show that he is truly giving a speech from the heart.
Valvano is able to play to the audiences emotion because he relates to the fact that he is suffering from cancer. In this way he is able to get the emotion pity. Says that he remembers the first job he ever had and the first speech he ever gave. In this way he is playing into their emotions by showing them that he was nervous. He shows them that he is just like them with nervous emotions and that he was having a recollection of an experience he enjoyed.
Valvano is able to use logos because he uses certain small facts, such as “Time is precious” and relates it to the fact that there isn’t much time. He also states that we should laugh and cry with joy. In this way he is using facts about life and trying to apply them into his own speech. He says that you think about “where you started, where you are, and where you’re going to be.” He uses this fact to prove the point that you should think about these things when you start your day.
Valvano uses Ethos best because he is able to play to the audience emotions. Him stating that no, he doesn’t have cue cards, is proof alone. He shows them right there that he is sincere and he is trustworthy. It is a way that he can prove his trustworthiness best.
In 1992 Jimmy Valvano gave a very powerful and heartwarming speech at the ESPN Espy’s when he was accepting his Arthur Ashe Courage award. This speech by Jimmy Valvano goes down as one of the greatest speeches ever given. He talks about his family and the impact they have on him and the courage they give him to keep fighting. Valvano says there are three things you must do every day. He says that you must laugh, think and cry. This rhetorical trick often used in public speaking is called the powerful threes and is eminent throughout Valvano’s speech. When analyzing Valvano’s speech we can find ethos, pathos, and logos. He uses pathos and appeals to his audience using various emotions like love and even sadness. A perfect example of pathos is when Valvano says “If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day.” Valvano uses ethos when he talks about the importance of remembering where you come from. This to me is one of the greatest and most heartwarming speeches ever, just because of the fact that Valvano was such an amazing speaker and the way he could captivate an audience.
This speech is written in pathos because Valvano uses many emotional lines. Including, “I can’t help it, I’m fighting cancer.” Everyone gets a little emotional when cancer is brought up. Valvano also talks about his family. Family is another emotional topic.
This speech is written in logos because Valvano is very logical. In his speech, Valvano states, “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.”
Lastly, this speech is written in ethos because Valvano uses word to persuade people. Valvano says, “But if I told you it's ten times the amount that goes in for cancer research. I'll also tell you that five hundred thousand people will die this year of cancer. And I'll also tell you that one in every four will be afflicted with this disease, and yet, somehow, we seem to have put it in a little bit of the background. I want to bring it back on the front table. We need your help. I need your help. We need money for research. It may not save my life. It may save my children's life. It may save someone you love. And it's very important.” Valvano used his great speaking ability to help raise money for charity.
I think Pathos is the most effective. People are very sympathetic when it comes to his story about his cancer. Valvano should use that in his favor.
Coach Jimmy Valvano gave one of the most memorable speeches at the 1993 ESPY's. Valvano used Ethos,Logos, and Pathos throughout the speech to get the audience more interested in the message he was trying to give. The coach uses Ethos when he talks about his first speech that he ever gave as a head collegiate basketball coach. He was surely not as effective as he was then than in 1993. He uses Logos to interact with the audience giving the statistics about cancer in America. This made the audience think about how severe cancer was in the country. Pathos is used when he talks about the three things you should do each day:laugh,think,and cry. The most effective device is Pathos. As Valvano gave his speech people changed from laughing to crying in an instant. "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." This is one of the most memorable parts of the speech that is remembered for directly touching the emotions of the audience. The speech was more than effective and will go down as one of the best speeches of the late twentieth century.
Jimmy Valvano uses ethos as he remembers his past experiences as a coach, the coaches he knew, and the speeches he gave. He talks about his inspiration, Vince Lombardi and his book. He tells an anecdote about how he told Lombardi's speech to the Green Bay Packer's to his Rutgers's basketball team. "Gentlemen, we will be successful this year, if you can focus on three things, and three things only: Your family, your religion, and the Green Bay Packers." He tells the audience about his experience with Mike Krzyzewski and his ability to rely on him. His use of ethos makes the audience recognize his talents in public speaking and his qualifications.
Valvano starts his speech by saying, "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." This is a very effective use of logos because of the use of parallelism. He connects his points to reasons in an effective way and has great syntax.
Jim Valvano's use of pathos is the appeal to the audience's love of their lives and family. "I urge all of you, all of you, to enjoy your life, the precious moments you have." This causes an emotional reaction from the audience and himself. His use of pathos is effective because himself and his audience understand it.
Jim Valvano was an inspiring and excellent man, speaker, and coach. He used many techniques to grasp the audience and was capable of capturing the listeners for hours on end. Jim used pathos, ethos, and logos very effectively, but I thought his use of pathos was the most dominant.
The use of pathos that Jim used in the speech was very powerful. He brought the audience into tears at one moment and then to great laughter the next. “That screen is flashing up there thirty seconds like I care about that screen right now, huh? is one example of the appeal to the audience because of his sense of humor, while “Time is very precious to me. I don't know how much I have left…” changes the mood and saddens the audience.
“I can’t tell you what an honor it is to even be mentioned in the same breath with Arthur Ashe,” is a very strong use of ethos that was used in the story. Valvano uses this line to praise Arthur Ashe, but to also remind his audience that he too is prodigious. The use of this line is to gain the audience’s trust and to teach them of his importance.
The last technique is logos. “I’ll also tell you that five hundred thousand people will die this year of cancer,” is a fact that is given to the audience by Valvano. Jim uses facts of cancer to give them an insight on the deathly disease. Valvano persuaded many people and contributed a research to cancer. Because of Valvano’s memorable speeches and coaching legacies, Jim will be remembered and cherished forever.
This speech by Jim Valvano involves Pathos consistently throughout. It is definitely the most effective form used, One example is when Jim says, “Now, I'm fighting cancer, everybody knows that. People ask me all the time about how you go through your life and how’s your day, and nothing is changed for me.” This definitely caught the audience’s emotions because cancer is obviously a very emotional topic. Another line that really stands out to me is when Valvano says, “I just got one last thing, I urge all of you, all of you, to enjoy your life, the precious moments you have.” He is telling us to enjoy life while we can because it can be taken from us in the blink of an eye.
Ethos is present when Valvano talks about how he is saying his entire speech off the top of his head. Jim said, “I also don't have one of those things going with the cue cards, so I'm going to speak longer than anybody else has spoken tonight.” He wants everyone to know that he is trying to give an important message because he is aware he would not be alive much longer.
Finally, Logos is used when Jim describes what every person needs to do everyday. He says, “If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day. That's a heck of a day.” These words must have caught every listeners’ attention in the speech. This line is one of the most famous ones I know of. It is a logical thought by Valvano which would help us all get through our days.
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Of the uses of pathos, logos, and ethos in this speech, I think that the use of pathos and ethos is most significant. Pathos is used very often throughout the speech. Mr. Valvano makes a lot of points that play to our emotions, like one of his opening statements, “now, I’m fighting cancer, everybody knows that.” That statement hits you hard. The vast majority of people know someone who has battled cancer, so hearing anyone say that they are suffering from it immediately draws you in because you immediately feel bad for the person. He also makes you feel for him when he mentions his cancer again, “I got tumors all over my body. I’m worried about some guy in the back going thirty seconds, huh?”
He also appeals to ethos, he builds a sense of trust. In the beginning, he says, “I can’t tell you what an honor it is to even be mentioned in the same breath with Arthur Ashe,” he is establishing himself as a modest person. People who are modest tend to be considered more trustworthy than cocky people. In his quote, “as Dick said, I’m a very emotional, passionate man. I can’t help it,” he is essentially straight out telling you that he deserving of your trust because he posses these great qualities.
He doesn’t really use logos in his speech, other than when he tells you about the statistics and frequency of cancer, “i'll also tell you that five hundred thousand people will die this year of cancer. And I'll also tell you that one in every four will be afflicted with this disease, and yet, somehow, we seem to have put it in a little bit of the background,” but that also appeals to pathos again, as it makes us sympathize with him and everyone else battling cancer.
Jim Valvano uses pathos very effectively in his speech. His appeal to emotion runs through the entirety of the speech. He talks of his cancer, not in a way to gain sympathy so much as, to show others that he’s not going down without a fight. Valvano wants that fight to be for more than just him, but for anyone suffering, that they may work their way all the way through the end. He uses his own story, his achievements, faults, and struggles, to portray what he wants us to do everyday: laugh, think, and cry. He uses these three because he believes that if you do all three then you’ve had a full day. Also, the parallelism and cadence that he talks with makes his words powerful and appealing to us.
Valvano did not present himself as this high and mighty figure when giving his speech. He shared times in his life to level with the audience and connect with them. This ethos is well used and very moving. One example is when he tells about his first speech. His slipup at the very end of that speech sows that he’s human, and we all make mistakes. Though, Valvano speaking of his career and all that he has done truly builds up his sound credibility.
Valvano makes many references to logic in this speech. Clearly, there is logos behind “the threes” that he uses. Laugh, think, and cry. You do these things without even realizing all the time, which is why he wants us to remember to do the obvious everyday. Where you started, where you are, and where you want to be. This makes sense to think about on a daily basis. Without thinking about these you are going about with no cause in what you do.
Though each strategy is employed well, I believe that pathos was used and executed the best. Lines such as the following, really speak to a person’s emotions: ‘That’s a special place, the locker room, for a coach to give a talk.” “It cannot touch my mind; it cannot touch my heart; it cannot touch my soul. And those three things are going to carry on forever.” “We hug, we kiss, we love.” His reach to the hearts and feelings of the audience is what really makes this speech memorable.
Jim Valvano’s speech at the ESPYs in 1993 was a very powerful and inspiring speech. Jim not only had a great personality but he also was well versed in the use of rhetorical devices in his speaking. This rhetoric that Valvano used appealed to his audience and captured the attention of his basketball team as well.
Valvano uses the form of rhetoric known as logos in this speech when he makes his key points and supports what he is fighting for. Jim says that there are three things we should do every day: we should laugh, think, and cry. “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 says with a smile. Jim again gives three things as a main point of his: that what’s important in life to him are where you started; where you are; and where you're gonna be. Valvano tells the story of the first speech he ever gave, to his Rutgers University team, to show where he has come from. He then goes on to talk about his cancer and what he plans to do to fight cancer; he talks about where he is now. Then he discusses the Jimmy V Foundation for Cancer Research and how he plans to help fight cancer and AIDS for as long as he has left. What he says here is where he is “gonna be” for the rest of his life. Jim also goes on to say that, “I’ll also tell you that five hundred thousand people will die this year of cancer. And I'll also tell you that one in every four will be afflicted with this disease, and yet, somehow, we seem to have put it in a little bit of the background.” He uses these statistics to support what he is fighting for: the fight for cancer.
Jim Valvano builds up the audience’s trust by showing what he has accomplished through the rhetorical term ethos. Valvano doesn't use this device quite as much mainly because he is already well known and has a great reputation. Nevertheless, Jim subtly presents his first coaching job as the freshman coach at Rutgers University as his first big coaching accomplishment. Jim comes off as very warm and friendly to keep the interest of his listeners as well. Valvano also goes right out and says that he has cancer, which makes him qualified in the eyes of his listeners to speak on such a matter.
Finally, Valvano uses pathos to appeal to the emotions of his audience. Jim talks of his family and the courage in it that keeps him going. The listeners connect with what he is saying through their own families. Valvano says towards the end of his speech, “I just got one last thing, I urge all of you, all of you, to enjoy your life, the precious moments you have.” This is a very powerful line. Jim touches on the emotions of fear, fear of death; guilt, the guilt that they will have more moments in their lives than he does; and joy, to rejoice for the great lives they have and all that are still to come in their lives.
I believe that pathos is most effective in Valvano’s speech, as he touches on many very emotional topics and relates them with his own life experiences. Jim’s whole experience and what he was fighting for is a very emotional situation in itself, and it really appeals to an audience’s emotions as well.
Jimmy Valvano’s speech at the ESPYs was very rhetorically effective. He utilized ethos, logos, and pathos in order to appeal to his audience. He appeals to ethos in various ways during his speech. Firstly, he thanks the crowd for the applause and he says he appreciates it. He also makes a joke about Dick Vitale to endear himself to the audience. One specific thing he does is mention that he has cancer. By saying this, he lets the audience know he is qualified to be speaking on this topic. Overall, Jimmy Valvano’s speech focuses more on pathos than either ethos or logos. Simply by stating he has cancer and saying he doesn’t know how much time he has left, he is already appealing to the audience’s emotions. He also says many times throughout the speech that he is a very passionate, emotional man. This contributes to the effectiveness of his appeal to pathos during the speech. One of the most famous things Valvano said during his speech was that there are three things we should do every day: laugh, think and cry. He said that if we do these every day, then our day will be fulfilled because our emotions will be satisfied. This is another appeal to pathos. Another thing Valvano did was use logic to appeal to his audience. He used logic in saying that if we laugh, think and cry every day, then we will be satisfied. When he asked people to donate to AIDS and cancer research, he used logic in saying why people should donate. He said it could save someone they know or love, or it could even save their children one day. This partially appeals to the emotions of the audience, but is also a logical reason why people should donate. Overall, Valvano was very good at appealing to logos by making a very emotional speech which then used logic to promote an organization that benefited the community. Valvano’s speech combined appeals to ethos, pathos and logos to create a very rhetorically effective speech.
In Jimmy Valvano’s speech, he uses pathos, logos, and ethos. Pathos, the appeal to someone’s emotions, is by far the most effective form of argument in his speech. Valvano makes him audience laugh and even cry throughout his speech. Jim Valvano uses pathos in his speech when he instructs his audience to “laugh, think, and cry.” “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.” He believes that the proper balance of emotions would help people express their emotions and keep them as a part of their lives. “And...that screen is flashing up there thirty seconds like I care about that screen right now, huh? I got tumors all over my body. I'm worried about some guy in the back going thirty seconds, huh?” Valvano closes his speech by saying, “Cancer can take away all my physical ability. It cannot touch my mind; it cannot touch my heart; and it cannot touch my soul.” This quote shows the emphasis placed on pathos in the speech.
Jim Valvano uses logos, a logical approach, in his speech. Valvano is making a claim that cancer needs more attention and research. “We need your help. I need your help. We need money for research. It may not save my life. It may save my children's life. It may save someone you love.” He also states facts and statistics about cancer. “I'll also tell you that one in every four will be afflicted with this disease, and yet, somehow, we seem to have put it in a little bit of the background.” His argument is complete by stating this statistic.
Valvano uses ethos when he refers to the story of his favorite coach, Vince Lombardi. Valvano explains to his audience that he used one of Lombardi’s pep talks on his own team. He looked up to Lombardi and even jokingly said he would be the next Lombardi. Valvano also uses ethos when he refers to his family. “I talked about my family, my family's so important.”
Jim Valvano uses logos in his speech when he mentions the funding for AIDS research versus the funding for cancer research. “Alright, 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 for cancer research.” By logically stating it like this, he shows that he is not trying to downplay the funding for either of these researches. He is simply trying to make a point that it’s a very real issue that needs to be taken seriously.
Jim Valvano uses ethos in his speech by including some of his memories and personal stories. By including some of his first-hand accounts, like his experiences coaching the Rutgers basketball team, he is showing his experience and adding to his own credibility.
The most effect of the three in Jim Valvano’s speech is pathos. He takes the audience on an emotional roller coaster by telling stories that make everyone laugh but then including some sad moments like when he talks about his own cancer. He attempts to make light of the situation, but it still has a very serious tone to it. By messing with the audience’s emotions, they get drawn into the story and it gets through to them in a more powerful way.
Jimmy Valvano appeals to Pathos, Logos, and Ethos in his 1992 ESPY’S award speech. He appeals to Ethos, which is when the speaker builds up their own credentials by putting himself down or putting himself up. Valvano does this on several occasions throughout his speech. His first appeal was when he talks about his cancer, and how it doesn’t affect him mentally. He is telling everyone that he is mentally tough, and that he is a fighter. Also he says, “I’m a loving, caring, and emotional man…” by saying this he brings himself up, and people will embrace him because he is so loving, caring, and emotional man.
Jimmy Valvano’s appeal to pathos is quite emotional, and also inspirational. Pathos is when the speaker says a line or two to connect with the audience. He does his many, many times in his speech. My favorite appeal is when he says, “…not for us, but for our children” This gains sympathy for him because everyone loves and feels sympathy for children. It shows that he isn’t doing the foundation for himself, but he’s doing t for the future. Also he says, “You gotta have a dream, and be focused and work hard for your goals.” This statement appeals to the human sense of working hard and earning what you want.
Jimmy Valvano also appeals to Logos in his speech, which is to explain something with logic. When he tells how he gives the speech he explains his story of Vince Lombardy paraphrase that went terribly wrong. That gives the logic that the story calms him down when he is nervous for giving a speech. Also when he gives the statistics for cancer in the U.S.A is logos because he explains why cancer needs the donations for research to better the people of our country. Jim Valvano de many more appeals to pathos, logos, and ethos throughout his speech.
Jimmy Valvano’s speech is hands down one of the best speeches I have ever heard. Throughout his speech he uses logos, ethos, and pathos to get his points across. By using these strategies he gave an unforgettable speech.
Ethos is an appeal to ethics, and it is a means of convincing someone of the character or credibility of the persuader. He uses ethos by talking about his past. Jimmy talks about his friend and fellow coach Mike Krzyewski. He talks about their friendship, but also adds that he had coached against him for fifteen years, adding credibility and experience to himself. He also talks about coaching at Rutgers at only twenty-one years old, he’s obviously now way older than twenty-one. He’s been around for a while he knows what he’s talking about.
Logos is an appeal to logic, and is a way of persuading an audience by reason. Jimmy uses logos when talking about cancer. “But if I told you it's ten times the amount that goes in for cancer research. I'll also tell you that five hundred thousand people will die this year of cancer. And I'll also tell you that one in every four will be afflicted with this disease, and yet, somehow, we seem to have put it in a little bit of the background.” Jimmy uses this strategy to get across the importance of donating to cancer research. He uses facts to get his point across.
Pathos is an appeal to the audience’s emotion. Jimmy also uses pathos when talking about cancer. When telling the audience they should donate he says, “It may save my children’s lives.” This is an immediate emotional connection to everyone in the room. By bringing up saving a child’s life people start thinking about their own children. This is a very popular tactic used because everyone has a soft spot for children. When you put children, cancer, and aids in the same speech this will immediately capture a crowds attention and draw them in.
North Carolina State basketball coach, Jim Valvano, delivered an acceptance speech for the 1993 Espy awards that demonstrated ethos, pathos and logos. He first demonstrates ethos, by contrasting his humble beginnings in basketball by saying to the audience "I was coaching at Rutgers University, that was my first job, and I was the freshman coach", with his honor at being compared to a sporting legend, when he says "I can't tell you what an honor it is to even be mentioned in the same breath as Arthur Ashe". He shows logos when he reminds the audience of some of the statistics concerning cancer, especially when he tells them "I'll tell you that five hundred thousand people will die this year of cancer". This fact brings him to the logical determination that life is to be cherished, because it is uncertain . He most effectively uses pathos to connect emotionally with the audience. We see this most clearly when he lays out for the audience his priorities by telling them, "To me, there are three things we should all 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." Because of his own cancer diagnosis, most people would probably have thought his emotion would most often be sad, but he proved otherwise in his speech when he told them "Cancer can take away all my physical ability. 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 think that the use of pathos was the most effective element of the speech because he reminded the audience of his and their mortality.
Jimmy Valvano delivered his "Laugh, Think, and Cry" speech using ethos, logos, and pathos as rhetoric methods to make sure the speech hit home. Valvano starts out by using ethos. He does this when he tells a short, funny anecdote abouthis first coaching job, as the freshman head coach at Rutgers University. He tried to make an impression on the students but instead embarassed himself by saying "The Green Bay Packers," which was the team his idol, Vince Lombardi was a successful coach at. Valvano also successfully using logos,when he gives the statistics about cancer and tells true stories from his life to make logical points.The third rhetorical technique is pathos. He uses this through the majority of this speech, as he gets emotional and talks about his life drawing to a close, and his desire for us to learn from him and make a difference in the world. Valvano's speech is made effective by the use of the rhetoric devices of logs, ethos, and pathos.
Alex Scott
Sophs#1 Journal: Laugh, Think, and Cry
Jim Valvano uses pathos, ethos, and logos in his acceptance speech. His speech is very effective because of these tricks, and he is able to spread his message. The two rhetorical devices that he uses most effectively were pathos and ethos, but he uses all three in interesting and powerful ways.
One place he uses pathos is in the beginning of the speech. He says, “Now, I’m fighting cancer, everybody knows that.” Because of how commonplace cancer is in families nowadays, almost everyone can relate to what he is going through, so they are moved emotionally. I know that I remembered the people who I have lost to cancer, and I know that I was moved. He is also using pathos when he tells his audience that they should do three things every day. He says, “If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that’s a full day.” Because these three things are so emotional in nature, they are of course pathos.
He also uses ethos quite well throughout the speech. He uses it right after the joke about Dick Vitale, when he says, “I can’t tell you what an honor it is to even be mentioned in the same breath as Arthur Ashe.” Here he is giving the impression that he is a very down to earth guy who does not think that he deserves any special treatment, which kind of prepares the audience for his message later on. Ethos appears again after his joke about Rutger’s basketball when he says, “I did that. I rember… where I came from.” Again, he is trying to show the audience that he is not arrogant.
Logos is the least common rhetorical device in his speech, but it still plays a big part in it. When he tells the audience that cancer research is only receiving a tenth of the funding that AIDS research is getting, he uses logos. When he says that five hundred thousand people will die from cancer this year alone, he is again using logos. So, logos plays a part in the heavier part of the speech.
Jim Valvano made a very important, effective, and memorable speech at the ESPYs that night. He delivered a speech for his acceptance of the Arthur Ashe Courage award in 1993. Jim implemented the use of rhetorical usage throughout his speech as well as the use of Ethos, Logos, and Pathos. Jim’s most effective was pathos without a doubt however. Right from the start he gets personal and tells about his first days of being a coach at Rutgers. This adds to the emotion of the speech as well as the rest of his techniques. All throughout the speech he never makes the tone too serious, but he still does a good job of getting his point across. Jim had no need for the usage of ethos because the fact that he was receiving the award gave him the credibility he needed and thus he did not use it much at all. He did however, use Logos a little bit when he said we all need to cry, laugh, and think each day to live good lives. This is a completely logical argument. He also uses logic to explain that the fight against AIDS and cancer is not enough and that he needs the help of all us if we want to defeat it. Overall Jim Valvano delivered one of the best, most inspiring speeches in the history of sports that is still remembered today.
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