Stuart Scott Quotes

My father passed from cancer in 2000; his brother died of cancer before that. My grandfather died of cancer.

I have people that have died from cancer and friends that are dealing with cancer.

It is not death, but dying, which is terrible.

My mother did not want cancer to interfere with my life, as she knew it would eventually end hers.

Cancer victims who don't accept their fate, who don't learn to live with it, will only destroy what little time they have left.

I would hate the thought of dying full stop; I've got to be honest with you.

Cancer has been unfortunately in my life. My mom's best friend is kicking ass in her battle with breast cancer. Both of my grandmas had cancer. I recently lost a friend to cancer.

My mother battled cancer for 12 years before losing her fight.

Dying is a tough way to make a living.

If you die, you're not a failure.

I'm fighting not only for myself and for my family, but I feel I am fighting for everybody who has cancer.

I don't believe dying's a sad thing.

When I cannot stand alone, it will be time to die.

Augustus Waters died eight days after his prefuneral, at Memorial, in the ICU, when the cancer, which was made of him, finally stopped his heart, which was also made of him.

"I'm going over the valley." (Dying from throat cancer, his doctor found him wandering around his room, asked him where was he going?)

Cancer is not for sissies.

Dying is not easy. It's a very hard transition.

When you know that someone close to you is going to die, there's a natural tendency to want to spend as much time with them as you can.

Dying's a boring side effect.

Death is an awful thing. I don't believe in it myself.

The worst day ever was when I found out my grandfather was going to die.

For a person who is dying only eternity counts.

I'm gonna live till I die.

Death is present every day in our lives. It's not that I take pleasure in the morbid fascination of it, but it is a fact of life.

I say to people who care for people who are dying, if you really love that person and want to help them, be with them when their end comes close. Sit with them - you don't even have to talk. You don't have to do anything but really be there with them.