The Fight: Wanting to Give Up, Choosing to Be Strong, and the Inspirational Purpose for Staying Alive

Anthony Daniels is an Author, Athlete, Speaker, and Global Humanitarian who speaks openly about his 12-year battle with cancer. A former hockey player on his way to study at Fordham University, when a car accident ended his athletic career. Within a year of his accident, Anthony was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma. He was told he would never be an athlete again. Despite this prognosis and having to give up hockey, Anthony chose to fight his cancer in a unique and very unorthodox approach, in the boxing ring. Anthony spent hours at the gym training with professional athletes twice his size and focusing on getting strong both mentally and physically.

Anthony has been featured in People Magazine and on Good Morning America alongside actor Bradley Cooper, and his story has inspired thousands around the world. Anthony's mission is to encourage others to fight, instead of giving up. He has been through years of cancer treatment, battling Hodgkin's Lymphoma six times as well as in his brain, hip, and spine. Anthony has endured close to a thousand hours of chemotherapy, over 100 units of radiation, over twenty-five biopsies, numerous trials, along with two stem-cell transplants.

Anthony currently resides in a small New Jersey town (Ridgewood) outside New York City.