The Brazilian basketball idol has given up on chemotherapy this year and wants to devote himself to his family
The former player of basketball Oscar Schmidt announced on Friday that he had stopped treatment against a brain cancer This year. “Mão Santa” is 64 years old and will not continue with the chemotherapy. Since then he has been battling the disease 2011. In the same year he underwent surgery, but over time the problem returns.
“I stopped this year (with chemotherapy). I decided to stop. Before I was terrified of dying. Closing my eyes and never waking up again was a terror to me. Thanks to the tumor, I lost that fear. I don’t want to be the best speaker or the best player. I want to be a better husband and father, “Oscar said in an interview with the show Sensationalfrom Television network!.
Oscar Schmidt said that his great desire is to devote himself more to his family. The former player has been married to Maria Cristina Victorino for over 40 years and is the father of Filipe, 36, and Stephanie, 33. Oscar is the uncle of Olympic beach volleyball champion Bruno Schmidt and brother of BBB presenter Thaddeus Schmidt.
Gold medalist at the 1987 Indianapolis Pan American Games, Oscar Schmidt also holds three South American titles with the Brazilian men’s basketball team (1977, 1983 and 1985). Idol of sports in Brazil, he has won three important bronzes in his history: in the Philippines-World Cup 1978, Pan de San Juan-1979 and Copa América in Mexico-1989.
In 2013, Oscar Schmidt was immortalized in the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. In Brazil, Oscar played for Palmeiras, Corinthians, Flamengo and Clube Sírio. He also moved from basketball to Spain and Italy.
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