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
I’m grateful to HBO for telling my story, and I’d like to thank everyone for their ongoing support. – Craig Sager
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
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
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
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
Erik Spoelstra has always been a guy I’d talk to even when he was just doing video clips for the Heat. – Craig Sager
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. – Craig Sager
The way you think influences the way you feel, and the way you feel determines how you act. – Craig Sager
A dramatic turn has matched me with acute myeloid leukemia. From the sidelines to being sidelined, 40 veins and 40 electrolytes. – Craig Sager
If I missed a game, that meant I was losing the battle. I’m not going to let leukemia affect me. – Craig Sager
I will continue to keep fighting sucking the marrow out of life as life sucks the marrow out of me. – Craig Sager
I’m fighting not only for myself and for my family, but I feel I am fighting for everybody who has cancer. – Craig Sager
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
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
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