What winning is to me is not giving up, is no matter what's thrown at me, I can take it. And I can keep going.

I keep dreaming of a future, a future with a long and healthy life, not lived in the shadow of cancer but in the light.

You can imagine me as a kid growing up in redneck Texas with ballet shoes, tucking the violin under my arm. I had to fight my way up.

How do you nurture a positive attitude when all the statistics say you're a dead man? You go to work.

Surfing's the source. Can change your life. Swear to god

I'm not afraid of death. I'm going home.

You know, I am a Leo. Lion is a giant part of me.