Words matter. These are the best Stuart Scott Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
People always talk about the nausea that comes with chemotherapy. For me, it’s more like a queasiness. And it can be intense. It’s an uncomfortable, gross kind of ‘blech’ feeling.
Working out is my way of saying to cancer, ‘You’re trying to invade my body; you’re trying to take me away from my daughters, but I’m stronger than you. And I’m going to hit harder than you.’
Tiger’s a horrible golf teacher.
I’m probably not as big of a hip-hop fan as people may think. I’m not up on all the artists and know all their stuff.
A lot of rappers say ‘I’m talking about stuff that goes on, what I grew up in, that I know about.’ And these journalists say, ‘Yeah, but you’re making 80 million dollars, that stuff’s not about you.’ Look how long he’s been making 80 million. He grew up poor in an urban city and the things he’s experienced and knows.
The most important thing I do is I’m a dad.
I’m blind in my left eye. Contrary to what people say, it is not a glass eye, so I have to protect my eyes at all cost.
In the South we experienced, you know, some black kids who gave us a hard time because – cause ‘you talk white.’ We didn’t talk white. We talked fairly proper. Plus, we had a Midwestern accent, so we didn’t have a Southern accent, either. So it wasn’t really talking white; it was talking different.
I started playing in ’98, but I got hooked by playing celebrity golf tournaments. Tiger had a lot to do with it – his passion, the way that he plays. He’s unique and different, and he inspired a lot of my passion. It’s a sport you can’t master. If you’re an athlete, you can do almost anything, but golf is not like that.
I make myself have energy. It’s stubbornness in the face of cancer.
That was just kind of a surprise when the doctor said, ‘We did a biopsy on your appendix, and you have cancer.’
I keep working out for me, but I also keep working out for my daughters. I want Taelor and Sydni to know that I’m still strong. I want to walk them both down the aisle. And I still plan to. I hope to. I don’t know. That’s what cancer robs you of. Cancer robs you of the ability to look past today.
Diversity means understanding.
I practice a lot. I practice in the winter when it’s cold in Connecticut – a lot. I practice in my bedroom on the carpet – a lot. For all the practice I do, I should be a better golfer than I am.
Writing is better if it’s kept simple. Every sentence doesn’t need to have perfect noun/verb agreement. I’ve said ‘ain’t’ on the air. Because I sometimes use ‘ain’t’ when I’m talking.
