Quotes from Craig Sager

Krista's got a great boyfriend; they've been going together for years. I want to be around to walk her down the aisle.

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.

I will continue to keep fighting sucking the marrow out of life as life sucks the marrow out of me.

To those out there who are suffering from cancer, facing adversity, I want you to know that your will to live can make all the difference in the world.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Hope is not just... out in the sky, or not accepting the facts or reality. Hope is having optimistic, positive expectations.

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.

Hope is not just... out in the sky, or accepting the facts or reality. Hope is having optimistic, positive expectations.

When I was diagnosed with cancer, like so many other people, my life changed forever.

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.

I am not an expert on time, or on cancer, or on life itself.

When doctors tell you that your only hope for survival is 14 straight days of intense chemotherapy, 24 hours a day, you sit there, and you count down the 336 hours. You see, each day is a blessing.

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.

I'm grateful to HBO for telling my story, and I'd like to thank everyone for their ongoing support.

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.

Life should be fun, and so should your clothes. It's not about sending a message. It's about feeling good about yourself and being who you are.

I try to get there three hours before the game, talk with the ushers and the security guards, the coaches and the fans.

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.

Sports are supposed to be fun, and so I have fun with the way I dress.

Erik Spoelstra has always been a guy I'd talk to even when he was just doing video clips for the Heat.

What is time, really? When you are diagnosed with a terminal disease like cancer or leukemia, your perception of time changes.