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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. "

Craig Sager

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Grateful

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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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" 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. "

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

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Cancer

Refuse

" 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. "

" I will never give up, and I will never give in. "

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Will

Never Give Up

" Sports are in my soul. That's what drives me. "

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Soul

Drives

" I can't bring out something I've already worn. I want to make sure I don't look down. I want people to say, 'Man, he looks good'. "

" Sarasota in 1974 was a city of 46,459 people, the 73rd-largest market in the country and sixth-largest in Florida, according to Arbitron Ratings. To supplement my meager salary, I was a bartender at Big Daddy's on St. Armand's Circle and a sailing instructor at nearby Lido Beach. "

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

" Something that I've always been. Always lively. I don't want to be dull. "

" When doctors tell you that your only hope for survival is 14 straight days of intense chemotherapy, 24 hours a day, you sit there, and you count down the 336 hours. You see, each day is a blessing. "

" 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. "

" The way you think influences the way you feel, and the way you feel determines how you act. "

" 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. "

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

" 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 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. "

" Time is something that cannot be bought; it cannot be wagered with God, and it is not in endless supply, Time is simply how you live your life. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" In 1974 when I was 22 years old, I was working for $95 a week at WSPB, which was an Atlanta Braves-affiliated AM radio station in Sarasota, Florida. Fresh out of Northwestern University, I was the news director at the station, and my main bread and butter was to handle updates during the morning and afternoon drive times. "

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

" 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. "

" So many times, when you're doing a job, you feel like you're a nuisance at times to people, intruding on their space when you ask them questions; maybe they don't want to deal with you at the time. And now, it's, 'Hey, welcome, where's Craig?' Whereas, now, it's kind of different. "

" Ya gotta think positive. "

Craig Sager

Think

Positive

" I try to get there three hours before the game, talk with the ushers and the security guards, the coaches and the fans. "