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" 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. "

Craig Sager

Home

Kid

Playing

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

Craig Sager

Soul

Drives

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

" 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. "

" It seems everybody has been somehow affected by cancer, either through a relative or a close friend or somewhere, and they know how devastating cancer can be. And they see me, and I refuse to let it affect how I live and what I do. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

Craig Sager

Grow

Successful

" 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. "

" I'm grateful to HBO for telling my story, and I'd like to thank everyone for their ongoing support. "

Craig Sager

Story

Grateful

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Ya gotta think positive. "

Craig Sager

Think

Positive

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

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

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

" 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'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 first met Jim Valvano in the 1980s when he was a frequent guest on our CNN 'Coaches Corner' show based in Atlanta, as he was always in the area recruiting the next North Carolina State basketball phenom. "

" 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. "

" 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 look forward to continuing my work on the sidelines for Turner Sports. "

" I am not an expert on time, or on cancer, or on life itself. "

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

" I always see the glass half full. I see the beauty in others, and I see the hope for tomorrow. If we don't have hope and faith, we have nothing. "

" Like most boys, I had a model train set up in my bedroom, resting on a little-used ping-pong table upstairs. "

Craig Sager

Resting

Bedroom

" 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. "

" I have run with the bulls in Pamplona. I have raced with Mario Andretti in Indianapolis. I have climbed the Great Wall of China. I have jumped out of airplanes over Kansas. "