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Something that I've always been. Always lively. I don't want to be dull.
Craig Sager
Something
Always
Been
Dull
Want
Lively
Hope is not just... out in the sky, or accepting the facts or reality. Hope is having optimistic, positive expectations.
Craig Sager
Positive
Hope
Reality
Sky
Out
Having
Facts
Accepting
Optimistic
Expectations
Just
I will live my life full of love and full of fun. It's the only way I know how.
Craig Sager
Life
Love
Will
My Life
Live
Way
Only
Know
How
Full
Fun
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
Table
Had
Like
Most
Boy
Bedroom
Up
Train
Model
Upstairs
Set
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
People
Circle
Country
Big
Market
City
Beach
Ratings
Supplement
Instructor
Sailing
Salary
According
Bartender
Daddy
Nearby
Florida
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'.
Craig Sager
Good
Man
People
Down
Worn
Say
Out
Something
He
Look
Looks
Make
Sure
Want
Bring
Ya gotta think positive.
Craig Sager
Positive
Think
Ya
Gotta
I will continue to keep fighting sucking the marrow out of life as life sucks the marrow out of me.
Craig Sager
Life
Me
Will
Fighting
Out
Marrow
Continue
Sucking
Sucks
Keep
I grew up in Batavia, Ill., a small town out in the corn fields, west of Chicago. It was boring.
Craig Sager
Corn
Out
Boring
Small
Small Town
Town
West
Chicago
Up
Grew
Fields
Ill
For our senior picture, they said, 'Black or navy blazer.' And I thought, Why do I want to look like everybody else?
Craig Sager
Thought
Black
Picture
Everybody
Everybody Else
Else
Our
Blazer
Like
Look
Said
Senior
Want
Navy
Why
I'm fighting cancer and I refuse to give up.
Craig Sager
Cancer
Fighting
Give
Up
Refuse
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.
Craig Sager
Problem
Try
No Problem
Miss
Supposed
Said
Any
Where
Want
Wanted
Games
Adamant
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.
Craig Sager
Me
Thoughts
Mind
Fighting
Nights
Those
Enter
Never
Had
Like
Know
Go
Middle
Even
Keep
Why
Erik Spoelstra has always been a guy I'd talk to even when he was just doing video clips for the Heat.
Craig Sager
Guy
He
Talk
Always
Doing
Been
Heat
Just
Video
Even
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.
Craig Sager
Attitude
Time
You
Negative
Down
Running
Results
Feel
Around
Going
I'm a kid from the small Illinois town of Batavia, who grew up on the Chicago Cubs and made sports his life's work, although there's never been a day where it actually seemed like work.
Craig Sager
Life
Work
Day
Sports
Made
Kid
Seemed
Small
Never
Town
Like
Although
Cubs
Been
His
Chicago
Chicago Cubs
Up
Where
Grew
Who
Illinois
Actually
I have run with the bulls in Pamplona. I have raced with Mario Andretti in Indianapolis. I have climbed the Great Wall of China. I have jumped out of airplanes over Kansas.
Craig Sager
Great
Mario
Airplane
Out
Run
Over
Great Wall
Climbed
Bulls
Wall
China
Kansas
If I missed a game, that meant I was losing the battle. I'm not going to let leukemia affect me.
Craig Sager
Me
Game
Battle
Losing
Missed
Affect
Going
Meant
Leukemia
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.
Craig Sager
History
Believe
Think
Has-Been
Take
Demise
Make
Been
Reported
Going
Really
Prematurely
Medical
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.
Craig Sager
Cancer
Stress
Patient
Aggressive
Live
Type
Typical
Months
Would
Like
Who
Leukemia
Acute
Receiving
Treatment
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.
Craig Sager
Sports
Young
Distinct
Airplane
Had
Boy
Always
Model
Trains
Hobbies
Fascination
Usual
Baseball
Cards
I can't even use a can opener. I'm mechanically challenged. I ripped off two thumbnails trying to change kids' bicycle chains.
Craig Sager
Change
Bicycle
Kids
Ripped
Opener
Off
Trying
Use
Chains
Even
Challenged
Two
I never complain: 'Oh, I have to go to the hospital and get platelets.' No. It's just something you have to do, so why complain about it?
Craig Sager
You
Complain
About
Something
Hospital
Never
Never Complain
Go
Get
Oh
Just
Just Something
Why
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
Dreams
Time
Me
Be Happy
Happy
Big
Gave
Kids
Find
See
Impact
Someday
He
Like
Know
Make
Him
Got
How
How Much
How Much Time
His
Left
Big Impact
Very
Five
Junior
Going
Want
Much
Certain
Fulfilled
Certain Things
Who
Niche
Oldest
Her
Things
Two
There are things you want to do, but you can't really look at the future. You don't know how much there is.
Craig Sager
Future
You
Know
Look
How
How Much
Want
Much
Really
Things
I was a big sports fan, and I had been closely monitoring Hank Aaron's home run totals since I was a kid playing on the sandlot adjacent to the Foundry and Machine Company in Batavia, Illinois.
Craig Sager
Home
Sports
Big
Machine
Kid
Run
Had
Since
Sports Fan
Been
Closely
Hank
Fan
Home Run
Illinois
Company
Monitoring
Playing
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