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and#147;When you die, it does not mean that you lose to cancer.and#160; You beat cancer by how you live, why you live, and the manner in which you live.and#8221; and#150; Stuart Scott
The fearless, intimate, and inspiring story behind ESPN anchor Stuart Scottand#8217;s unrelenting fight against cancer.
Stuart Scott has always been intensely competitive. A varsity athlete in college and an avid sportsman ever since, Scott has had his fair share of tough opponentsand#151;but not a single one as formidable as cancer. In Every Day I Fight,and#160;Scott channels his trademark energy and irreverence seen onand#160;SportsCenterand#160;into tackling his disease, and approaches his seven years of treatment and healing with a jockand#8217;s mentality.
Scott believes thatand#151;like any athletic matchupand#151;cancer will beat you up physically, but in the end, the most daunting challenge is mental. He carries that belief into his strategy sessions with his doctors, chemo treatments, and the operating room, and refuses to slow down or quit working. With the motto and#147;Every day I fight,and#8221; Scott looks to his two teenage daughters for motivation: Every day of life he wrestles from his disease is another day he can spend with them.
From Stuartand#160;Scottand#8217;s happy childhood in North Carolina through his time at UNC, this memoir explores how he became sports broadcastingand#8217;s first Young Black Man and how his brash, provocative, and controversial styleand#151;epitomized by his catchphrase and#147;Boo-yah!and#8221;and#151;made him a fan favorite. Including anecdotes from his close relationships with athletes, from Michael Jordan to Lance Armstrong, Scott brings a gladiatorand#8217;s mindset to the ultimate fight for survivaland#151;a stubborn, take-no-prisoners mind-set that might just be the key to winning.
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Gripping. (St. Petersburg Times)
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Stirring. (Buffalo News)
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Absolutely absorbing. (Denver Post)
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Inspiring. (People) Fascinating. (New York Times) It's not about the bike, or about the sport. It's about the soul. (Cincinnati Enquirer)
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“Beautiful… It is a book for sports fans and sports haters, for cycling enthusiasts and those who haven’t ridden a bike since childhood, for cancer patients and the healthiest of the healthy, for anyone who has ever overcome odds…It’s not about the bike, or about the sport. It’s about the soul.”—
Cincinnati Enquirer “Lance Armstrong does things in a big way. Other people write books about the long road back from cancer, or the physical and emotional trauma of infertility, or the experience of growing up without a father, or the determination it takes to win the most important bicycle race in the world. Armstrong lays claim to all of it, and the result is a pretty terrific book…Armstrong’s book is both inspiring and entertaining. He doesn’t whine, doesn’t sugar-coat the tough parts and doesn’t forget to thank the good people who helped him most along the way.”—Denver Rocky Mountain News
“A disarming and spotless prose style, one far above par for sports memoirs.”—Publishers Weekly
“Fascinating.”—The New York Times
“Lots of drama…an inspirational story.”—People
“Absolutely absorbing…compelling.”—Denver Post
“It’s about far more than just the bike.”—San Antonio Express-News
“Stirring.” —Buffalo News
“A good, emotional, genuine story, eloquently woven by two master storytellers: Mr. Armstrong, with his honesty and detail, and Ms. Jenkins, for the artists’ polish she paints on his narrative… The description of the brutal ride into the French town Sestriere (a major Tour hurdle) is as good a piece of sportswriting as you’ll find, and the perfect climax for a fast story…captivating.” —Cincinnati Enquirer
“[This] is a book with an engaging frankness that reaches readers who’d never be interested in the gear-combination mathematics that engage zealous cyclists…a book that anyone who’s been confronted by cancer, personally or through a friend or relative, should read.” —Denver Post
“The descriptions of his sport, especially of his Tour victory, are gripping.” —St. Petersburg Times
“An all-American story…inspirational.” —Booklist
“The best biography of a cyclist I’ve ever read. Lance’s voice comes through in a way I’ve not seen in print before.” —Bill Strickland, Bicycling Magazine
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"If you get that dire diagnosis, I hope by seeing Stu in action, that it will take away some of the anxiety that you can't live your life, that you can't work out, that you can't work. And seeing him thrivingand#8212;not surviving, but thrivingand#8212;I think people will take that and apply it to whatever it is that they are faced with."and#160;and#8212;Robin Roberts
"There are a lot of people who see [Scott] as a beacon of light, and something that they can relate to....I hear from people every day. He's on TV and he's doing what he loves. They take strength from the fact that he has not been paralyzed by his illness and that he has decided to live life on his own terms."and#160;and#8212;Doug Ulman, president and CEO of the Livestrong Foundation
"I thought I knew what tough was. But, in his battle with cancer, Stuart Scott is the strongest person I know. The courage he shows inand#160;Every Day I Fightand#160;will inspire you, as he has inspired me."and#160;and#8212;Charles Barkley
"I've known Stuart Scott since we were undergrads at UNC and I watched him become a groundbreaking sportscaster. Butand#160;Every Day I Fightand#160;shows his greatest accomplishment: as a dad, who fights for his daughters every day. As a journalist, a dad and a cancer fighter, there's no quit in Stuart." and#8212;Michael Jordan
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The #1
New York Times bestseller with legs as strong as its author's.
Lance Armstrong is one of the most talked about- and inspirational-sports figures of all time. He was Sports Illustrated 's 2002 Sportsman of the Year-and now, after his record-shattering string of Tour de France victories, some are proclaiming him the greatest athlete of all time.
This is the book in which he shares his journey through triumph, tragedy, transformation, and transcendence. It is the story of a world-famous cyclist and his fight against cancer.
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Keep up to date with the latest on Lance at LanceArmstrong.com!
This is the story of one man's journey through triumph, tragedy, transformation, and transcendance. It is the story of Lance Armstrong, the six-time winner of the Tour de France, and his fight against cancer.
People magazine called it "inspiring." The New York Times called it "fascinating." But perhaps the Cincinnati Enquirer said it best: "It's not about the bike, or about the sport. It's about the soul."
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The #1 New York Times bestseller from the cancer survivor who became a four-time Tour de France champ.
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This is the story of Lance Armstrong, the world-famous cyclist, and his fight against cancer.
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The fearless, intimate, and inspiring story behind ESPN anchor Stuart Scottand#8217;s unrelenting fight against cancer.
About the Author
Stuart Scottand#8217;s groundbreaking style made him one of televisionand#8217;s most influential broadcasters. As an anchor and commentator for
SportsCenter, he became the face of ESPN, the most popular and recognized anchor of his generation. As lead host of the NBA on ESPN and ABC, as well as a host of
Monday Night Football on ESPN, Scott redefined the telecasting of modern sports events. He received the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance at the 2014 ESPY ceremony. Stuart Scott died in January 2015.
Larry Platt is the former editor of Philadelphia magazine and the Philadelphia Daily News. He is the author of Only the Strong Survive: The Odyssey of Allen Iverson and coauthor of Just Tell Me I Canand#8217;t: How Jamie Moyer Defied the Radar Gun and Defeated Time. His writing has appeared in GQ, New York, The New York Times Magazine, and Sports Illustrated, among other publications. He lives outside Philadelphia with his wife, Bet.