Craig Sager’s ESPY Speech Will Make You Cry (Video)
14 Jul, 2016
Vice President Joe Biden presented Craig Sager with the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance at the ESPYS on Wednesday night. ESPN put together a moving video that chronicled Sager’s battle with Leukemia. Sager continued to work NBA playoff games, even as he went through chemotherapy treatments.
Sager thanked his wife (“Your love is my strength”), and the rest of his family (“My battle has been your battle”). He thanked his “Turner sports family.” And he thanked the athletes in attendance, while adding that he’s confident he’ll be around to watch them accomplish more amazing feats.
Additionally, he talked about how being diagnosed with Leukemia changed his perception of time.
“Time is something that cannot be bought, it cannot be wagered with God, and it is not in endless supply,” Sager said. “Time is simply how you live your life.”
“I see the beauty in others, and I see the hope for tomorrow. If we don’t have hope and faith, we have nothing,” Sager said in closing, while explaining how his cancer diagnoses made him see things with a more positive attitude. “I will never give up, and I will never give in. I will continue to keep fighting, sucking the barrel out of life, as life sucks the marrow out of me. I will live my life full of love and full of fun. It’s the only way I know how. Thank you and good night.”
Watch Sager’s entire speech above.
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