Craig Sager Quotes
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I will live my life full of love and full of fun. It's the only way I know how.
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I try not to match too much. You know, if there's a blue coat and a blue shirt and a blue tie, I try to stay away from that. I'd rather have a blue coat and a yellow shirt and a pink tie. I don't like to look too matching. You know those mismatched socks kids wear? That's my idea of a good suit.
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A dramatic turn has matched me with acute myeloid leukemia. From the sidelines to being sidelined, 40 veins and 40 electrolytes.
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If you're running around with a negative attitude all the time, you're going to feel down; you're going to have negative results.
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If I've learned anything through all of this, it's that each and every day is a canvas waiting to be painted - an opportunity for love, for fun, for living, for learning.
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As a young boy, I had the usual hobbies - sports, baseball cards, model airplanes and trains. But I always had a distinct fascination with trains.
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I've never had one of those middle of the nights when I go, 'Why me?' or 'I don't know if I can keep fighting like this.' No. Those thoughts don't even enter my mind.
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Back in the early '70s, there were two airlines that flew puddle jumpers from the Sarasota-Bradenton airport to Atlanta: National and Eastern, neither of which exists today.
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Everyone has to face obstacles. Everybody has to face hurdles. It's what you do with those that determines how successful you're going to be.
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I have acute myeloid leukemia, an aggressive type of cancer. The typical prognosis is 3-6 months to live, but I would like to stress that is for a patient who is not receiving treatment.
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When you raise kids, you want them to grow up and be successful. If they can grow up and be like you, it's quite flattering.
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Krista's got a great boyfriend; they've been going together for years. I want to be around to walk her down the aisle.
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To those out there who are suffering from cancer, facing adversity, I want you to know that your will to live can make all the difference in the world.
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Nobody knows how long they have left on Earth. There's no guarantees, and for me, when they tell you - not once, twice, three times - 'You've got a couple weeks to live,' or a couple months, you have to determine how you want to do that.
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Erik Spoelstra has always been a guy I'd talk to even when he was just doing video clips for the Heat.
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I get this call and they go, you know, 'Do you want to do the finals?' and I go, 'Yeah, I guess, I've never, never done the finals.' Especially for somebody who's done as many thousands of games as I have, it kind of takes you one step further.
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If I missed a game, that meant I was losing the battle. I'm not going to let leukemia affect me.
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I'm a kid from the small Illinois town of Batavia, who grew up on the Chicago Cubs and made sports his life's work, although there's never been a day where it actually seemed like work.
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They wanted to try this outpatient chemo, and I said no problem. I was adamant. I didn't want to miss any games. It's where I'm supposed to be, and I wanted to be there.
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When I was diagnosed with cancer, like so many other people, my life changed forever.
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I'm fighting cancer and I refuse to give up.
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I never complain: 'Oh, I have to go to the hospital and get platelets.' No. It's just something you have to do, so why complain about it?
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People come up to me and say somebody in their family has cancer, and we appreciate what you do, and we appreciate your fight, and don't give up, we love your attitude.
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I'm grateful to HBO for telling my story, and I'd like to thank everyone for their ongoing support.