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" I can't even use a can opener. I'm mechanically challenged. I ripped off two thumbnails trying to change kids' bicycle chains. "

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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. "

" When I was diagnosed with cancer, like so many other people, my life changed forever. "

" 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. "

" I was a big sports fan, and I had been closely monitoring Hank Aaron's home run totals since I was a kid playing on the sandlot adjacent to the Foundry and Machine Company in Batavia, Illinois. "

" 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. "

" A dramatic turn has matched me with acute myeloid leukemia. From the sidelines to being sidelined, 40 veins and 40 electrolytes. "

" Whatever I might have imagined a terminal diagnosis would do to my spirit, it summoned quite the opposite - the greatest appreciation for life itself. So I will never give up, and I will never give in. "

" 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. "

" For our senior picture, they said, 'Black or navy blazer.' And I thought, Why do I want to look like everybody else? "

" I don't know how much time I have left, and there are certain things I'd like to do. I've got five kids. Kacy, the oldest, I'd like to see her be happy and fulfilled with her dreams. I want Junior, who gave me the two transplants, I want him to find his niche; I know he's going to make a very big impact someday. "

" Erik Spoelstra has always been a guy I'd talk to even when he was just doing video clips for the Heat. "

" I've already had two stem cell transplants. Very rarely does somebody have a third, so I have to maintain my strength so I can go through this. "

" 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? "

" I'm fighting cancer and I refuse to give up. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" When doctors tell you that you have three weeks to live, you try to live a lifetime of moments in three weeks. But you say, 'To hell with three weeks.' "

" I think my demise has been prematurely reported. That's what I think. I think I'm going take this and make medical history, and I really believe that. "

" Vice President Biden had recently launched the 'Cancer Moonshots', a campaign to finally eradicate cancer across humanity. He had lost his eldest son, Beau, in 2015, to brain cancer, and the ESPYs gave him a platform to raise awareness. "

" Hope is not just... out in the sky, or accepting the facts or reality. Hope is having optimistic, positive expectations. "

" 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. "

" If I missed a game, that meant I was losing the battle. I'm not going to let leukemia affect me. "

" I will live my life full of love and full of fun. It's the only way I know how. "

" I grew up in Batavia, Ill., a small town out in the corn fields, west of Chicago. It was boring. "

" Ya gotta think positive. "

" I've had every chemo in the alphabet, most of them more than once. Some of them that aren't even in the alphabet, they're just numbers - clinical trials. But I bet if you added all those up, it would have to be like 60- or 70-something. I've had 23 bone marrow aspirations. Having one isn't fun and I've had 23. So that's been tough. "

" I have wrestled gators in Florida. I have sailed the ocean with Ted Turner. I have swam the oceans in the Caribbean. "

" Krista's got a great boyfriend; they've been going together for years. I want to be around to walk her down the aisle. "

" I'm fighting not only for myself and for my family, but I feel I am fighting for everybody who has cancer. "