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" 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. "

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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. "

Craig Sager

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" 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. "

" Sports are supposed to be fun, and so I have fun with the way I dress. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

Craig Sager

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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. "

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

" I will continue to keep fighting sucking the marrow out of life as life sucks the marrow out of me. "

" 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. "

" 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.' "

" There are things you want to do, but you can't really look at the future. You don't know how much there is. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

Craig Sager

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" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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

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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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" What is time, really? When you are diagnosed with a terminal disease like cancer or leukemia, your perception of time changes. "