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

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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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "