Deion Sanders is a Pro Football Hall of Famer, the football coach at the University of Colorado, and the only athlete ever to play in both a Super Bowl and a World Series.But the last few years have been a tougher challenge to his health than any opponent ever was during his football career.And he's still finding a way to come out victorious."I got my life back," Sanders said in a nationally televised interview this week.
"I got my swagger back."Sanders revealed during a "Good Morning America" appearance that he's finally cancer-free.The blood clots that attacked him years ago — resulting in the amputation of multiple toes — and returned last year, forcing him to undergo an aspiration thrombectomy procedure in his left leg, were not even part of the conversation.DEION SANDERS SAYS HE NEVER QUESTIONED GOD DURING HIS BATTLE WITH BLADDER CANCERHead coach Deion Sanders of the Colorado Buffaloes reacts on the field before the game against the Arizona Wildcats at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colo., on Nov.
1, 2025.(Andrew Wevers/Getty Images)"I'm cancer free.
I'm good," Sanders said."Great doctors in Colorado that [have] brought me through.
God has brought me through.I'm thankful, I'm healthy.
I got my swagger back.Like, I'm ready to go, coach my butt off.
And I'm having a good time."But early detection was key getting on it early, because you know amputation, so they were checking for something else and stumbled upon this.So early detection helped me out tremendously."Blood clots forced Sanders to have surgery in 2023 to improve his circulation.
But last year he began experiencing severe leg pain and concerns about the recurring clots.That led to the clot-removing procedure.
All that atop the 2025 diagnosis of an aggressive form of bladder cancer that was discovered during one of his regularly scheduled vascular exams.COLORADO ADDS MOBILE BATHROOM NEAR TEAM BENCH FOR SEASON OPENER AFTER DEION SANDERS' BLADDER CANCER TREATMENTThe cancer treatment included doctors ...