Quotes by Craig Sager - Page 2

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.
Craig Sager / Reporter
Atlanta
Carolina
Cnn
North Carolina
Corner
Frequent
Guest
Jim
Recruiting
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I'm just always trying to be positive. Negative things happen to everybody. 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.
Craig Sager / Reporter
Being Positive
Successful
Trying
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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.
Craig Sager / Reporter
Cancer
Relative
Seems
Me Live Know
Affect
Friend
Close
Devastating
Either
Somehow
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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.
Craig Sager / Reporter
Eldest
Vice President
Beau
Campaign
Eradicate
Platform
Vice
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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 / Reporter
Determine
Earth
Guarantees
Left
Months
Three
Twice
Nobody
Weeks
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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.
Craig Sager / Reporter
Finals
Games
Yeah
Done Never Know
Further
Guess
Step
Takes
Thousands
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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.
Craig Sager / Reporter
Bartender
Beach
Country
Daddy
Florida
Sailing
Salary
According
Circle
City Country People
Instructor
Market
Nearby
Ratings
Supplement
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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.
Craig Sager / Reporter
Space
Hey
Nuisance
Welcome
Ask
Job
Craig
Deal
Times
Space Time People
Maybe
Whereas
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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. But if you feel like you're going to make it through and you have positive thoughts, you have a much better chance to survive and be successful and happy.
Craig Sager / Reporter
Running
Attitude
Successful
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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.
Craig Sager / Reporter
Blue
Too Much
Yellow
Idea
Coat
Stay
Wear
Match
Pink
Rather
Shirt
Socks
Suit
Tie
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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.
Craig Sager / Reporter
Big Impact
Fulfilled
Niche
Someday
Dreams Time Me
Be Happy
Certain Things
How Much Time
Junior
Oldest
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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.
Craig Sager / Reporter
Afternoon
Atlanta
Bread
Florida
Handle
News
Northwestern
Radio
University
Drive
Director
Butter
Fresh
Main
Radio Station
Station
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What fuels my optimism is just an appreciation for life. I wake up every day thankful to be alive. I certainly have a lot to live for - not only personally, but all those people I'm fighting for, and to be with my kids, my wife Stacy, to see them grow and be a part of it. I'm certainly by no means ready to give up or cash in.
Craig Sager / Reporter
Appreciation
Kids
Smile
Giving Up
Mean
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I really can't tell other people how to live their life or how to approach different things. What I can tell them - and I truly believe this, I don't think it's being naïve and I don't think it's being in denial - I really believe that the way you think influences the way you feel, and the way you feel influences the way you act.
Craig Sager / Reporter
Believe
People
Thinking
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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.
Craig Sager / Reporter
Alphabet
Bone Marrow
Marrow
Numbers
Trials
Added
Aspirations
Bet
Bone
Clinical
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