Excerpt: 'Every Day I Fight'

ByABC News
January 21, 2015, 3:49 PM

— -- When Stuart Scott died on Jan. 4 at the age of 49, he left behind many lasting gifts from his career at ESPN and from his courageous seven-year fight with cancer.

Here is another of those gifts: His memoir, "Every Day I Fight," which he co-authored with Larry Platt. The book, published by Penguin Random House, goes on sale March 10.

In the following excerpt, Scott explains how and why he fought cancer the same way that an elite athlete trains to pursue a championship -- to remain in control of his health, to fight for others who couldn't fight, and to inspire his daughters Taelor and Sydni: