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

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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.

city beach country people

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'.

good look man people

Ya gotta think positive.

ya gotta think positive

I've already had two stem cell transplants. Very rarely does somebody have a third, so I have to maintain my strength so I can go through this.

go i-can strength two

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

will me fighting life

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

my-life forever life people

I grew up in Batavia, Ill., a small town out in the corn fields, west of Chicago. It was boring.

small small-town boring fields

For our senior picture, they said, 'Black or navy blazer.' And I thought, Why do I want to look like everybody else?

picture thought look black

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

dress have-fun sports way

I'm fighting cancer and I refuse to give up.

give up cancer fighting