Here’s the Amazing Speech Craig Sager Gave After Receiving the Jimmy V Perseverance Award at the ESPYs

Watch the incredible speech Craig Sager gave after he was given the Jimmy V Perseverance Award at the 2016 ESPY Awards.

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There have been a lot of memorable speeches made at the ESPY Awards over the years. The speech that Craig Sager gave at the 2016 ESPY Awards after receiving the Jimmy V Perseverance Award is up there with the best of them.

Prior to his speech, ESPN honored Sager with a video that showed the battle Sager endured on a daily basis during his fight with leukemia:

Chemo in the morning. An NBA game that night.

Jimmy V Award honoree Craig Sager refuses to stop. #ESPYS https://t.co/7YhUw1D1Se

— ESPN (@espn) July 14, 2016

Sager took the stage at the ESPYs and delivered a speech that featured him vowing to continue to fight on:

"I am confident I will continue to watch those amazing feats." - Craig Sager #SagerStrong pic.twitter.com/Cd0DKZRPBO

— ESPYS (@ESPYS) July 14, 2016

Sager's son Craig Sager Jr. responded to the speech with this tweet:

That was a speech from the heart. That didn't need a TelePrompTer. Proud of the message he just delivered and the perspective he shared.

— Craig Sager II (@CraigSagerJr) July 14, 2016

You can watch the entire speech, which clocked in at just over 10 minutes, in the video above. #SagerStrong

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