Hoda Kotb Quotes about Cancer

Having cancer empowered me to take more risks. I knew beating cancer was going to shape me, but it wasnt going to be all of me.

Having cancer empowered me to take more risks. I knew beating cancer was going to shape me, but it wasnt going to be all of me.

Hoda Kotb

Cancer, Risk, Shapes

"5 Minutes with Hoda Kotb". Interview with Gabrielle Frank, www.cosmopolitan.com. October 12, 2010.

I think after overcoming breast cancer, you sort of become fearless and somehow going up to your boss to talk about a possible promotion doesn't seem like such a daunting task anymore.

Hoda Kotb

Cancer, Thinking, Boss

"5 Minutes with Hoda Kotb". Interview by Gabrielle Frank, www.cosmopolitan.com. October 12, 2010.

One day, right after my mastectomy, I went for a walk in Central Park, and there was this mob of people blocking the road. I thought, 'Oh, great, now I'm stuck!' but then I suddenly realized that it was a breast cancer walk.

Hoda Kotb

Block, Cancer, Central Park

If you have a friend or family member with breast cancer, try not to look at her with 'sad eyes.' Treat her like you always did; just show a little extra love.

Hoda Kotb

Cancer, Eye, Trying

I'm an optimist, so I think everything can be worked out and fixed. But from having cancer I learned that even if you're even an optimist, sometimes you just have to face the facts that certain things are broken.

Hoda Kotb

Cancer, Thinking, Broken

"5 Minutes with Hoda Kotb". Interview with Gabrielle Frank, www.cosmopolitan.com. October 12, 2010.

If it weren't for my breast cancer, I wouldn't be a 'Today' host. After I got better, I talked to my boss about working on the show. Six months before, I'd have been terrified to go in there and ask for what I wanted. But after what I'd been through, how could I be scared of being told no?

Hoda Kotb

Cancer, Boss, Six Months

From time to time, I'll look back through the personal journals I've scribbled in throughout my life, the keepers of my raw thoughts and emotions. The words poured forth after my dad died, when I went through a divorce, and after I was diagnosed with breast cancer. There are so many what-ifs scribbled on those pages.

Hoda Kotb

Dad, Cancer, Divorce

Hoda Kotb, Jane Lorenzini (2014). “Ten Years Later: Six People Who Faced Adversity and Transformed Their Lives”, p.9, Simon and Schuster

I don't want to be 'the girl with cancer' ... I just didn't want that to be my only thing. But it is part of me. And it's a big part of me.

Hoda Kotb

Girl, Cancer, Want

"TODAY anchor empowered after cancer". Interview with Ann Curry, www.today.com. October 17, 2007.