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 More Quotes by Craig Sager More Quotes From Craig Sager What fuels my optimism is just an appreciation for life. I wake up every day thankful to be alive. I certainly have a lot to live for - not only personally, but all those people I'm fighting for, and to be with my kids, my wife Stacy, to see them grow and be a part of it. I'm certainly by no means ready to give up or cash in. Craig Sager giving-up appreciation mean 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. But if you feel like you're going to make it through and you have positive thoughts, you have a much better chance to survive and be successful and happy. Craig Sager successful running attitude 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 growing-up successful kids Hope is not just... out in the sky, or not accepting the facts or reality. Hope is having optimistic, positive expectations. Craig Sager optimistic expectations reality 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. Craig Sager feel-good feelings fun I'm just always trying to be positive. Negative things happen to everybody. 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. Craig Sager being-positive successful trying I really can't tell other people how to live their life or how to approach different things. What I can tell them - and I truly believe this, I don't think it's being naïve and I don't think it's being in denial - I really believe that the way you think influences the way you feel, and the way you feel influences the way you act. Craig Sager believe people thinking I always see the glass half full. I see the beauty in others, and I see the hope for tomorrow. If we don't have hope and faith, we have nothing. Craig Sager tomorrow hope faith beauty What is time, really? When you are diagnosed with a terminal disease like cancer or leukemia, your perception of time changes. Craig Sager time-changes you perception time 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. Craig Sager never-give-up never appreciation life If I've learned anything through all of this, it's that each and every day is a canvas waiting to be painted - an opportunity for love, for fun, for living, for learning. Craig Sager day learning waiting love 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. Craig Sager you god time life 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 good you blue yellow 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. Craig Sager you welcome time people Something that I've always been. Always lively. I don't want to be dull. Craig Sager something always want dull Hope is not just... out in the sky, or accepting the facts or reality. Hope is having optimistic, positive expectations. Craig Sager hope sky positive reality I will live my life full of love and full of fun. It's the only way I know how. Craig Sager my-life love life way A dramatic turn has matched me with acute myeloid leukemia. From the sidelines to being sidelined, 40 veins and 40 electrolytes. Craig Sager turn being me veins The way you think influences the way you feel, and the way you feel determines how you act. Craig Sager feel think you way 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 like bedroom train
