MANILA, Philippines — Sports and life in general have always been related to each other one way or another, but for the iconic Roger Gorayeb the art of volleyball is more than a career.
Gorayeb did not start out as a volleyball coach, he had an odd job or two growing up, but the sport has provided him a reprieve and ultimately, happiness from the harsh realities of life.
The 39-time NCAA champion battled and won against multiple myeloma, a type of cancer that forms in the plasma cells responsible for making antibodies, in June of 2020 in what he described as a medical miracle.
“Until now I still have questions on how I won because even the doctors never thought that I would live, …
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