“I am not a warrior. I am not fighting cancer: it's too strong an enemy and I would not stand a chan

“I don't see this as a battle," Italian soccer legend Gianluca Vialli wrote, about his cancer.

“I am not a warrior. I am not fighting cancer: it's too strong an enemy and I would not stand a chance.

“I am a man who is on a journey and cancer has joined me on that journey... my goal is to keep walking, keep moving until he's had enough and leaves me alone."

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Sending love today to everyone who has a companion on their journey.

(Picture: Vialli holding the championship cup after helping coach Italy to an improbable and historic championship in Euro 2020 — and after his cancer had decided to leave him alone.)