Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" 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. "

Related Quotes:

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

Craig Sager

Florida

Ted

Caribbean

" 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 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'. "

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

" 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. "

" 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

Story

Grateful

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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

Soul

Drives

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

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

Craig Sager

Cancer

Refuse

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "