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On October 20, 2012 - 17 months and two days after I was diagnosed with that rare form of bone cancer - I stepped back into the ring at the Barclays Center to fight Josh Luteran. He didn't make it out of the first round. Just 1:13 in, it was over. Knockout. I was back.
- Daniel Jacobs
#Back
#Bone
#Fight
#Rare
#Two
Fighting cancer taught me more than I ever could have imagined, but I've beaten it.
- Daniel Jacobs
#Cancer
#Fighting
#Me
#More
#Taught
You know, I'm a man, and men are proud and stubborn. We don't go running to the doctor when something's wrong. We let it play out a little bit.
- Daniel Jacobs
#Doctor
#Know
#Man
#Men
#Proud
To not only be a cancer survivor, but to return to the sport of boxing, because, I mean, this is not basketball, this is not baseball, this is not a sport you play. This is a sport where you can die in the ring. So it says a lot to me to come back and be a world champion in that aspect.
- Daniel Jacobs
#Champion
#Die
#Me
#Survivor
#World
The opportunities that I've been allowed to have just keep getting better.
- Daniel Jacobs
#Been
#Better
#Getting Better
#Just
#Keep
The doctors misdiagnosed me at first - they told me I had a pinched nerve. But my situation was getting worse. The tumor was cutting off the circulation in my nerves. And in two weeks' time, I was left paralyzed. I went from a cane to crutches to a walker to a wheelchair.
- Daniel Jacobs
#First
#Me
#Situation
#Time
#Two
I had such severe nerve damage that I didn't get the nerves all the way back. My pinky toe on my left foot is still numb, and I feel it when I'm in bed at night or when I'm by myself. That pins-and-needles feeling reminds me that life is precious, and don't take for granted what you have.
- Daniel Jacobs
#Life
#Me
#Myself
#Night
#Way
I've seen a lot in my life and nothing really shocked me, just being where I'm from. But this was unexpected. It just hit me, like, I have cancer? Me?
- Daniel Jacobs
#Life
#Me
#My Life
#Nothing
#Unexpected
For me, being world champion, you have to put your body through these extreme tests, day in and day out. So when Sunday comes around, that's the day when I pamper myself. I might get a massage or go to a spa.
- Daniel Jacobs
#Champion
#Day
#Me
#Myself
#World
I don't work out at all on Sunday. It's amazing. I look forward to every Sunday.
- Daniel Jacobs
#Amazing
#Every
#Forward
#Look
#Work
For what I've overcome and am still overcoming, and accomplishing, says a lot.
- Daniel Jacobs
#Lot
#Overcome
#Overcoming
#Says
#Still
I want to be a world champion, but I want to be the face of Livestrong.
- Daniel Jacobs
#Champion
#Face
#Want
#World
I'm a pure boxer. I have lightning speed that hurts guys. But I love to box. I love to be on my back foot. I love to work my jab and combinations.
- Daniel Jacobs
#Back
#Lightning
#Love
#Speed
#Work
If I'm winning and looking impressive and being on the scene, the fans are going to start demanding bigger fights.
- Daniel Jacobs
#Fans
#Looking
#Scene
#Start
#Winning
I think it's a true blessing and great opportunity for me to represent, not only New York boxing, but coming from Brownsville where boxing has been the essence of the neighborhood.
- Daniel Jacobs
#Great
#Me
#New
#Opportunity
#True
There's not a lot of things to look out for in amateur boxing. Once the headgear comes off, once the 10-ounce gloves come on and you're fighting men and you're doing all these different things, that's where the experience comes.
- Daniel Jacobs
#Doing
#Experience
#Fighting
#Look
#Men
I get to eat what I want on Sundays. You still can have a cheat day up to two weeks before the fight.
- Daniel Jacobs
#Day
#Fight
#Two
#Up
#Want
I'm a fan of the sport and I like to see the best in the ring together.
- Daniel Jacobs
#Best
#Fan
#Ring
#See
#Together
I don't want to be in a stable of guys that have to fight for the spotlight. I want to be with a promoter who is solely focused on me.
- Daniel Jacobs
#Fight
#Me
#Spotlight
#Want
#Who
Well, 'Titanic' is probably my second favorite movie.
- Daniel Jacobs
#Favorite Movie
#Favorite
#Second
#Well
Sergio Mora is a Rubik's Cube. You have to figure him out. He's crafty and I have the utmost respect for him.
- Daniel Jacobs
#Cube
#Figure
#He
#Out
#Respect
It's always been important for me to do things in the community, it's part of my upbringing.
- Daniel Jacobs
#Always
#Community
#Important
#Me
#Things
I just use my platform as a boxer to reach the masses.
- Daniel Jacobs
#Just
#Masses
#Platform
#Reach
#Use
Any time a fighter is in a championship fight, he will bring his best.
- Daniel Jacobs
#Best
#Fight
#Fighter
#Time
#Will
I'm not out to knock anybody out, even though knockouts are cool.
- Daniel Jacobs
#Cool
#Even
#Knock
#Out
#Though
At one point, I didn't really consider myself as a puncher because it was more so that the speed created the knockouts. People were getting hit with punches they didn't see and they were going down.
- Daniel Jacobs
#Down
#Myself
#People
#See
#Speed
When you are defending your title at any point in your career, a loss can be fatal.
- Daniel Jacobs
#Career
#Loss
#Point
#Title
#Your
It's kind of hard for boxing, which is a violent sport, to get the respect that it deserves.
- Daniel Jacobs
#Boxing
#Get
#Hard
#Respect
#Which
This thing, boxing, is a mental battle.
- Daniel Jacobs
#Battle
#Boxing
#Mental
#Thing
The cancer battle, it helped me put a lot of things in perspective and gave me time to reflect and think.
- Daniel Jacobs
#Battle
#Cancer
#Me
#Perspective
#Time
Being bullied is the reason I got into boxing. When I was 14, I was being bullied by a kid in junior high school. I wanted to do this the right way. So we went to a boxing gym. We boxed, I beat him up in the ring. He never bullied me again and I found my passion in the sport of boxing.
- Daniel Jacobs
#Me
#Passion
#Reason
#School
#Way
When I was reading the Bible, I came across the word 'meek.' It means to be humble. I asked God, I want to become meek, allow me to become meek. About two months later I was struck with cancer. I realized this was God testing me. If you want to become appreciative, and humble, and meek, I'll strip you of everything.
- Daniel Jacobs
#Bible
#Everything
#God
#Humble
#Me
When I first turned pro, I was making a lot of money, and I was spending money from two fights down the line.
- Daniel Jacobs
#Down
#First
#Money
#Spending Money
#Two
I was raised by my grandmother, my mom, about five or six aunts and female cousins as well. We were all in one building. I definitely learned how to respect and how to treat women.
- Daniel Jacobs
#Building
#Mom
#Respect
#Treat
#Women
It's a beautiful thing to live in a diverse area.
- Daniel Jacobs
#Area
#Beautiful
#Diverse
#Live
#Thing
Anytime you get an opportunity to better yourself and escape your surroundings you take advantage of it.
- Daniel Jacobs
#Better
#Escape
#Opportunity
#Yourself
With any opponent there's always a challenge and something to watch for.
- Daniel Jacobs
#Always
#Challenge
#Opponent
#Something
Going in with one of the best middleweights, I can take experience and the mental capacity to know I can and do belong, and bring a mental edge you can have every time in the ring.
- Daniel Jacobs
#Best
#Experience
#I Can
#Know
#Time
At the end of the day, don't bet against me. Don't bet against me.
- Daniel Jacobs
#Against
#Day
#End Of The Day
#End
#Me
I might have a snack before bed. We have healthy cheat snacks. I might eat some apricots or veggie straws.
- Daniel Jacobs
#Bed
#Cheat
#Eat
#Healthy
#Snack
I had to have 25 counts of radiation, and the radiation was an obstacle I had to get over, in and of itself. It took away my appetite completely, it changed my mood swings, it would make me feel nauseous all the time.
- Daniel Jacobs
#Feel
#Me
#Mood Swings
#Mood
#Time
I'm a very spiritual guy. I'm a firm believer of positive energy.
- Daniel Jacobs
#Energy
#Firm
#Guy
#Positive
#Spiritual
I have athletic power that people can't see, that sharpness, the big bang that hits you.
- Daniel Jacobs
#Big Bang
#Big
#People
#Power
#See
I've always vowed that if I had a child, I would treat him right. My father was a perfect model for me because everything that he did wrong, or everything that he did I would just do the opposite. Which would be the right thing to do. So that is being in your son's life 100 percent, give them love, give them affection, give them discipline.
- Daniel Jacobs
#Discipline
#Life
#Love
#Me
#Treat
I'm able to do motivational speaking all over the world and do so many positive things with my life because of my journey and the battles I've fought. Without cancer, I would have never had some of these opportunities, and I wouldn't be the man I am today.
- Daniel Jacobs
#Journey
#Life
#Man
#Motivational
#Positive
#Today
I have so many memories, and I love music because you can listen to a song when you're at a certain place or doing something special and that particular song will always remind you of that thing.
- Daniel Jacobs
#Doing
#Love
#Memories
#Music
#Song
I'm just living daily and I thank God for every day that I have.
- Daniel Jacobs
#Daily
#Day
#Every Day
#God
#Thank God
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