American - Journalist | June 29, 1951 - December 15, 2016
What is time, really? When you are diagnosed with a terminal disease like cancer or leukemia, your perception of time changes.
Craig Sager
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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If I missed a game, that meant I was losing the battle. I'm not going to let leukemia affect me.
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A dramatic turn has matched me with acute myeloid leukemia. From the sidelines to being sidelined, 40 veins and 40 electrolytes.
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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.
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For our senior picture, they said, 'Black or navy blazer.' And I thought, Why do I want to look like everybody else?
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I will continue to keep fighting sucking the marrow out of life as life sucks the marrow out of me.
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