ESPN anchor Stuart Scott was almost an instant legend when he joined the Sports Center team in 1993. With a magnetic combination of hipness and professional journalistic credibility, Stuart Scott will easily be remembered for a long time as one of the best sports journalists of all time. But if he has it his way, he won't be going anywhere anytime soon, despite being diagnosed with cancer in 2007. At the ESPYs last week after accepting the Jimmy V award, he delivered a heartfelt speech that didn't leave a dry eye in the house. Stuart is an inspiration to everyone, even continuing to train at MMA fighting between undergoing treatments.
During the ESPYs last week Scott was given the Jimmy V award. Coach Jimmy Valvano died of cancer in 1993. Scott delivered an emotional acceptance speech that was almost universally well-received (via Boston Globe):
"'I can't ever give up because I can't leave my daughters,' Scott said. Does this mean cancer patients have a choice - whether to keep fighting and living or to give up and die?
"'When you die, it does not mean that you lose to cancer,' he said. 'You beat cancer by how you live, why you live, and in the manner in which you live.'"
Watch Scott's moving speech here:
On top of continuing to work at ESPN as much as possible, he is also an avid student of MMA (via TMZ):
"Stuart is a battle horse. The little bit that you saw last night - that was an hour and a half session ... grappling, ground fighting. He's got a chemo port in his chest, is blind in one eye and gets kicked in the head and the chest ... the guy has NO quit in him."
Good luck Stuart. We hope you are around for years and years to come.
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