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The battle against cancer has made me strong. It's like winning a war! When I was diagnosed, I was told by doctors my kidney, liver and other organs could fail. It was tough. I didn't know if I could save my life. But I was positive, and because of that, the doctor told me that I would be a man who would never have cancer.

I'm battling cancer. It's another battle I intend to win.

I attacked my cancer diagnosis the same way I attack training and competing, and that's pretty fearless.

You know, once you've stood up to cancer, everything else feels like a pretty easy fight.

When they told me I had cancer - a very rare form called appendiceal cancer - I was shocked. But I went straight into battle mode. Every morning, I'd wake up and have an internal conversation with cancer. 'All right, dude,' I'd tell it, 'go ahead and hit me. But I'm going to hit you back even harder.'

I beat a brain tumor.

Having cancer empowered me to take more risks. I knew beating cancer was going to shape me, but it wasn't going to be all of me.

I suppose I didn't cry in all the cancer crap stuff because I felt I couldn't lose the battle, and part of the battle was holding myself together.

This experience has also humbled me by giving me a true understanding of what millions of others face each day in their own fight against cancer.

In one week, I got hit by a car - it busted through my hand - and my mom got cancer.