15 Quotes & Sayings By Craig Sager

Craig Sager, born in 1957, is an American sports reporter who currently works for TNT as the sideline reporter for the NBA. He has won sixteen Emmy Awards and has worked for ESPN since 1990. Sager is also known for his energetic and colorful sideline outfits.

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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. Craig Sager
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People come up to me and say somebody in their family has cancer, and we appreciate what you do, and we appreciate your fight, and don't give up, we love your attitude. Craig Sager
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Sports are supposed to be fun, and so I have fun with the way I dress. Craig Sager
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Sports are in my soul. That's what drives me. Craig Sager
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I'm a kid from the small Illinois town of Batavia, who grew up on the Chicago Cubs and made sports his life's work, although there's never been a day where it actually seemed like work. Craig Sager
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I look forward to continuing my work on the sidelines for Turner Sports. Craig Sager
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As a young boy, I had the usual hobbies - sports, baseball cards, model airplanes and trains. But I always had a distinct fascination with trains. Craig Sager
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I was a big sports fan, and I had been closely monitoring Hank Aaron's home run totals since I was a kid playing on the sandlot adjacent to the Foundry and Machine Company in Batavia, Illinois. Craig Sager
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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
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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
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I think my demise has been prematurely reported. That's what I think. I think I'm going take this and make medical history, and I really believe that. Craig Sager
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Hope is not just... out in the sky, or accepting the facts or reality. Hope is having optimistic, positive expectations. Craig Sager
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Ya gotta think positive. Craig Sager
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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