Jim Valvano would be proud of this Texas high school football player

by Jeff Fisher

Yesterday, Trish Hoffman and I heard that a cancer has returned to a dear friend. At the same time, I received a text from TDI Razur co-founder Joey Teichert telling me to watch the above video.

I didn’t know what the video was, but obviously, he must have sensed something about my friend’s text about her cancer being no longer in remission…or that’s what I believe.  This morning, I wake-up to see that Apollos Hester‘s inspirational speech after his East View High School team came back to beat Vandegrift 42-41 in Texas high school football Friday has gone viral with over 800,000 views on YouTube at this time.

East View moved to 4-0 by overcoming a 14 point halftime deficit and then stopping a two-point try with 13 seconds left.

Hester’s video above shows a young man, who knows that in the immortal words of Jim Valvano, “never give up, don’t ever give up”.

And to round-out this story, a little inspiration from Jimmy V himself.