{"author":"Craig Sager","author_id":"Craig+Sager","total_quotes":14,"quotes":[{"text":"I was a big sports fan, and I had been closely monitoring Hank Aaron's home run totals since I was a kid playing on the sandlot adjacent to the Foundry and Machine Company in Batavia, Illinois.","author":"Craig Sager","tags":["home","company","run "],"id":11302,"author_id":"Craig+Sager"},{"text":"I always see the glass half full. I see the beauty in others, and I see the hope for tomorrow. If we don't have hope and faith, we have nothing.","author":"Craig Sager","tags":["hope","beauty","tomorrow "],"id":91623,"author_id":"Craig+Sager"},{"text":"So many times, when you're doing a job, you feel like you're a nuisance at times to people, intruding on their space when you ask them questions; maybe they don't want to deal with you at the time. And now, it's, 'Hey, welcome, where's Craig?' Whereas, now, it's kind of different.","author":"Craig Sager","tags":["time","job","welcome "],"id":98539,"author_id":"Craig+Sager"},{"text":"If you're running around with a negative attitude all the time, you're going to feel down; you're going to have negative results.","author":"Craig Sager","tags":["time","negative","you "],"id":125165,"author_id":"Craig+Sager"},{"text":"Ya gotta think positive.","author":"Craig Sager","tags":["think","gotta","ya "],"id":136883,"author_id":"Craig+Sager"},{"text":"I think my demise has been prematurely reported. That's what I think. I think I'm going take this and make medical history, and I really believe that.","author":"Craig Sager","tags":["history","believe","think "],"id":179916,"author_id":"Craig+Sager"},{"text":"I'm a kid from the small Illinois town of Batavia, who grew up on the Chicago Cubs and made sports his life's work, although there's never been a day where it actually seemed like work.","author":"Craig Sager","tags":["life","work","day "],"id":198160,"author_id":"Craig+Sager"},{"text":"Sports are supposed to be fun, and so I have fun with the way I dress.","author":"Craig Sager","tags":["fun","dress","have fun "],"id":257490,"author_id":"Craig+Sager"},{"text":"If I've learned anything through all of this, it's that each and every day is a canvas waiting to be painted - an opportunity for love, for fun, for living, for learning.","author":"Craig Sager","tags":["love","day","opportunity "],"id":302731,"author_id":"Craig+Sager"},{"text":"I look forward to continuing my work on the sidelines for Turner Sports.","author":"Craig Sager","tags":["work","look","forward "],"id":342979,"author_id":"Craig+Sager"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":14,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}