Watch Stuart Scott's moving ESPYs speech about his seven-year battle with cancer

Watch Stuart Scott's moving ESPYs speech about his seven-year battle with cancer
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Iconic sportscaster Stuart Scott accepted the Jimmy V Perseverance Award at Wednesday night's ESPYs and delivered a genuinely touching speech about living with — and not being beaten by — cancer.

"When you die, it does not mean that you lose to cancer," he said. "You beat cancer by how you live, why you live, and in the manner in which you live."

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