Every Day I Fight
Making a Difference, Kicking Cancer's Ass
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4.6 • 250 Ratings
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- $6.99
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Publisher Description
“When you die, it does not mean that you lose to cancer. You beat cancer by how you live, why you live, and the manner in which you live.” – Stuart Scott
The fearless, intimate, and inspiring story behind ESPN anchor Stuart Scott’s unrelenting fight against cancer, with a foreword by Robin Roberts.
Shortly before he passed away, on January 4, 2015, Stuart Scott completed work on this memoir. It was both a labor of love and a love letter to life itself. Not only did Stuart relate his personal story—his childhood in North Carolina, his supportive family, his athletic escapades, his on-the-job training as a fledgling sportscaster, his being hired and eventual triumphs at ESPN—he shared his intimate struggles to keep his story going. Struck by appendiceal cancer in 2007, Stuart battled this rare disease with an unimaginable tenacity and vigor. Countless surgeries, enervating chemotherapies, endless shuttling from home to hospital to office and back—Stuart continued defying fate, pushing himself through exercises and workout routines that kept him strong. He wanted to be there for his teenage daughters, Sydni and Taelor, not simply as their dad, but as an immutable example of determination and courage.
Every Day I Fight is a saga of love, an inspiration to us all.
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After a seven-year struggle with cancer, Scott, an ESPN SportsCenter anchor and commentator who died in January, wrote this memoir with Platt (Only the Strong Survived) with the same out-of-the-box energy that he brought to his shows. A cracking good storyteller, he describes growing up in North Carolina and tells of his love of football; his college days at UNC-Chapel Hill, where he became friends with Michael Jordan and discovered his love of journalism; his early days in television; raising his daughters, Taelor and Sydni; and his rise to anchor of SportsCenter (where he originated the expression "boo-ya"). But Scott's tenacious fight against appendiceal cancer, which doctors discovered in 2007, is what truly stands out in the memoir. Baring his soul and not backing down, Scott reveals his physical and psychological pain, writing that he knew he needed to be strong because he "wanted to walk Taelor and Sydni down the aisle." In late 2014, Scott received the Jimmy V. Award for Perseverance (named for late N.C. State basketball coach Jimmy Valvano, who died of brain cancer). Scott taught his daughters that "life consists of two dates with a dash in between," and judging by this inspirational narrative, Scott has made that dash significant.
Customer Reviews
This book saved my life
Words can't begin to describe what I felt reading this book while battling cancer. I always looked up to Stuart as an avid sports fan. But once I was diagnosed his speech and this book took new meaning and helped me describe my emotions so that other people could understand me. I may have never physically met Stuart, but after reading this book and hearing his speech I know I have a new best friend.
Meaningful
This book has changed the way I look at life. I couldn't have read this book at a better time in my life as my wife and I are expecting our first child. Stuart has taught me what I did not know about parenting and the love you'll have for your kids. Stuart put his daughter's first before all and was a great dad. A very calm and collective dude. I was born in 1988 so I didn't really see the transition of ESPN from the old to new era but he was one cool cat! Rest easy my friend and you WERE cooler than the other side of the pillow.
Powerful
What an amazing story -a true inspiration how we should live our lives everyday.