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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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"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
Synopsis
World-class hero Lance Armstrong tells his inspiring story, from the dark night of advanced cancer through his dramatic victory in the 1999 Tour de France. Filled with the nutritional, physical, emotional, and spiritual details of his recovery, this autobiography traces the wondrous journey of one of America's greatest athletes to a singular appreciation of life lived to the fullest.
Synopsis
The fearless, intimate, and inspiring story behind ESPN anchor Stuart Scottand#8217;s unrelenting fight against cancer.
Description
The inspiring journey of world-class hero Lance Armstrong, from the dark night of advanced cancer through his dramatic victory in the 1999 Tour de France, and beyond.
In 1996, twenty-four-year-old Lance Armstrong was ranked the number-one cyclist in the world. But that October, "The Golden Boy of American Cycling" was sidelined by excruciating pain. Tests revealed advanced testicular cancer that had spread to his lungs and brain. His chance for recovery was as low as twenty percent.
Armstrong embarked on the most aggressive form of chemotherapy available and underwent surgery to remove cancer that the treatments couldn't reach. Five months after his diagnosis, he resumed training under a cloud of uncertainty, and the path back to competition wasn't smooth. It took a ride with friends through the mountains of North Carolina for Armstrong to rediscover his genuine love of the sport, and to rededicate himself to its pursuit.
Scarred physically and emotionally, Lance Armstrong considered his cancer "a special wake-up call," one that crystallized for him the blessings of good health, family, friends, and marriage. In October 1999, just months after his astonishing triumph in the Tour, his wife, Kristin, gave birth to their son, Luke David Armstrong.
Filled with the nutritional, physical, emotional, and spiritual details of his recovery, It's Not About the Bike traces the wondrous journey of one of America's greatest athletes to a singularly inspiring appreciation of life lived to the fullest.
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.
Table of Contents
Before and after -- The start line -- I don't check my mother at the door -- Bad to worse -- Conversations with cancer -- Chemo -- Kik -- Survivorship -- The tour -- The cereal box.