daughter reducing grown men to tears at the espy awards. a lot of us here as well. cincinnati bengals defensive tackle accepted the perseverance award on behalf of his 5-year-old daughter leah. he spoke openly about his child s difficult journey with cancer and the power of prayer. listen in. i remember one night in the hospital when i was sitting next to her in her bed getting ready to go to sleep. out of nowhere she started touching her stomach and putting something on mine. i asked her, leah what are you doing? dad, i am taking the cancer out of me and i am giving it to you. when she said that my heart dropped i broke down in tears, but it wasn t tears of sadness it was tears of joy because i thought that was a sign from god that he was answering all my prayers. i can only image as a parent devon keeping his faith alive
and love. in july he received the perseverance award for his fight against cancer. when you die, it does not mean that you lose to cancer. you beat cancer by how you live while you live and the manner in which you live. [ applause ] so live. live. fight like hell. and when you get too tired to fight, then lay down and rest and let somebody else fight for you. join me now is sage steele. she s a colleague and close friend of stuart scott. watching him there in july, looking so healthy and so strong, it s just stunning how quickly this can happen. yes. but the thing is, that night he
end he inspired us with courage and love. in july he received the perseverance award for his fight against cancer. when you die, it does not mean that you lose to cancer. you beat cancer by how you live while you live and the manner in which you live. [ applause ] so live. live. fight like hell. and when you get too tired to fight, then lay down and rest and let somebody else fight for you. join me now is sage steele. she s a colleague and close friend of stuart scott. watching him there in july looking so healthy and so strong it s just stunning how quickly this can happen. yes. but the thing is that night he