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I'm cancer-free right now. That's it.
Jon Lester / Baseball Athlete
Cancer
Cancer Free
Right Now
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My dad has ingrained that in me: 'Be accountable.'
Jon Lester / Baseball Athlete
Dad
Accountable
Ingrained
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I hate losing. I hate getting beat. Im not used to it.
Jon Lester / Baseball Athlete
Hate
Losing
Used
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I hate losing. I hate getting beat. I'm not used to it.
Jon Lester / Baseball Athlete
Losing
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I thought I'd be back in baseball, but I didn't know when.
Jon Lester / Baseball Athlete
Baseball
Knows
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Im pretty fair-skinned, so I need to get in the sun for a little while.
Jon Lester / Baseball Athlete
Littles
Needs
Sun
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I'm pretty fair-skinned, so I need to get in the sun for a little while.
Jon Lester / Baseball Athlete
Sun
Little While
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My wife's family lives up in South Carolina, so we go back and forth quite a bit up there.
Jon Lester / Baseball Athlete
Carolina
South Carolina
Forth
Quite A Bit
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It might be hard to believe, but as difficult as cancer was, in some ways it was good for me.
Jon Lester / Baseball Athlete
Believe
Cancer
Might
Good Believe Me
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Describing the Internet as the Network of Networks is like calling the Space Shuttle, a thing that flies.
Jon Lester / Baseball Athlete
Space
Calling
Internet
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Just as I'm fortunate to pitch in the big leagues, I'm also fortunate for the time I get to spend outdoors.
Jon Lester / Baseball Athlete
Fortunate
Big Leagues
Leagues
Outdoors
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Once you make the majors, it's never a great feeling to go back to the minors - no matter what the circumstances.
Jon Lester / Baseball Athlete
Circumstances
Majors
Great Feeling
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Pitchers really don't deal with the managers a whole lot. When we come in the clubhouse, we see him, we say, 'Hey.' That's really it.
Jon Lester / Baseball Athlete
Hey
Managers
Clubhouse
Pitchers
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Growing up, it was mainly just players I followed more than teams, with the exception of the Mariners. I never really had time to follow a team throughout a season.
Jon Lester / Baseball Athlete
Exception
Time Never More
Followed
Mainly
Teams
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You still have to pitch the same game, execute your pitches as best you can. If the shadows end up helping you out, then great, but you can't really worry about that stuff.
Jon Lester / Baseball Athlete
Helping
Worry
Best Great Your
Best Great Game
Execute
Pitches
Shadows
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Usually during the regular season, if you're starting pitcher, you're kind of walking back and forth from the clubhouse to the dugout and not really paying attention to what's going on.
Jon Lester / Baseball Athlete
Pitcher
Clubhouse
Dugout
Forth
Paying
Regular Season
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As I travel the country for away games, I meet kids fighting cancer in almost every city. They visit the ballpark, and I invite them onto the field so we can chat and then watch the game.
Jon Lester / Baseball Athlete
Travel
Cancer
Fighting
Games
Ballpark
Chat
Invite
Meet
Onto
Visit
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One thing I know in baseball is you should never be comfortable where you are. It doesn't matter who you are. It's a business. If I got traded tomorrow, no hard feelings; it's a business.
Jon Lester / Baseball Athlete
Baseball
Comfortable
Tomorrow
Traded
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Anytime you can see a hitter and face a hitter, you gain knowledge, and you gain that experience. Whether they hit a homerun off you, or you strike them out or whatever it is, it's information.
Jon Lester / Baseball Athlete
Anytime
Gain
Hitter
Strike
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The Red Sox believe what's written. If it's written that I should be traded, more times than not, that's what ends up happening. Look at the people who've gotten traded around here. It's not their doing.
Jon Lester / Baseball Athlete
Red
Gotten
Look Believe People
Happening
Red Sox
Sox
Traded
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It's almost embarrassing to be out in public and someone comes up to you and says, 'My mother had the same thing you did.' What do you say? I don't know what to say to make them feel better about their situation.
Jon Lester / Baseball Athlete
Feel Better
Mother
Up To You
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You never know when you're going to throw a no-hitter or if you're ever going to get the chance to do it. It's one of those deals where the ninth inning comes around; it's either going to be your night or just a complete game.
Jon Lester / Baseball Athlete
Deals
Ninth
Inning
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There's only certain things you can control. I know how hard I work, I know how I take care of myself, and those are the two things I can control. As far as injuries and wear and tear and stuff like that, it's going to happen.
Jon Lester / Baseball Athlete
Take Care
Work Myself Care
Certain Things
Injuries
Tear
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No matter what you do in the offseason, you can't simulate putting spikes on and standing in the grass and being around your teammates. When you're around your teammates, you step it up a notch. It's just kind of instinctive you do that.
Jon Lester / Baseball Athlete
Grass
Simulate
Standing
Teammates
Instinctive
Just Kind
Notch
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The two biggest things that translate from the pitching mound to hunting and fishing are patience and perseverance. When you're on the mound, you have to take the game one pitch at a time, regardless of the score, and that approach helps when I'm in the woods or on the water as well.
Jon Lester / Baseball Athlete
Fishing
Hunting
Perseverance
Pitching
Score
Translate
Woods
Biggest Things
Pitch
Mound
Regardless
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The two biggest things that translate from a pitching mound to hunting and fishing are patience and perseverance. When you're on the mound, you have to take the game one pitch at a time, regardless of the score, and that approach helps when I'm in the woods or out on the water as well.
Jon Lester / Baseball Athlete
Fishing
Hunting
Perseverance
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Don't get me wrong: I wouldn't wish it on anyone. Even the word 'cancer' brings back the nausea and pain, the fear I felt, and the heartbreak I saw in my parents' faces. The smells that fill hospitals and the constant tired feeling that comes with treatment are also permanently stuck in my memory.
Jon Lester / Baseball Athlete
Heartbreak
Cancer
Constant
Faces
Felt
Hospitals
Pain
Stuck
Tired
Treatment
Wish
Brings
Fill
Saw
Parents
Word
Memory
Permanently
Smells
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