NFL legend Terry Bradshaw has faced plenty of pressure during his life, but two battles with cancer forced him to confront a question far bigger than football: Where will he spend eternity?

The Pro Football Hall of Famer and longtime “FOX NFL Sunday” co-host opened up about his mortality, Christian faith and family during an appearance on William Shatner and Melanie Shatner Gretsch’s “No Time But Now” podcast. The conversation comes ahead of the release of Bradshaw’s new memoir, “Looking for Terry.”

“My thoughts were about dying. Am I going to heaven? Am I a good enough man? Have I been a good enough Christian? Have I been kind to people? Am I going to heaven?” Bradshaw recalled.

Those questions followed two frightening cancer diagnoses. Bradshaw was diagnosed with bladder cancer in November 2021 and underwent surgery and treatment. Months later, after experiencing neck pain, doctors discovered Merkel cell cancer near his parotid gland. Bradshaw underwent another surgery, during which 27 lymph nodes were removed, followed by six weeks of radiation.

Despite the seriousness of his first diagnosis, Bradshaw said his initial reaction was surprisingly calm. Rather than immediately thinking about death, he focused on one word from his doctors: “curable.”

“I didn’t feel panic. I didn’t think death,” Bradshaw said, explaining that hearing doctors believed the cancer could be treated was what he needed.

But facing cancer twice ultimately pushed Bradshaw to think more deeply about death and his relationship with God. And while his first questions centered on whether he had been a “good enough Christian,” Bradshaw now speaks about eternity with confidence rooted in his faith.

“Death did not frighten me,” he said.

Bradshaw acknowledged that it is easier to say that while not facing an immediate terminal diagnosis. Still, he knows death will eventually come and said his Christian faith will be his source of strength when it does.

“I know I’m going to die,” Bradshaw said. “And when that time comes, how will I handle that with grace and strength and an understanding that God loves me? I’m going to go to heaven. I’m going to see my family again.”

Surviving cancer also changed how Bradshaw thinks about the time he has left, particularly with his wife, Tammy. He said he wants to travel more with her and make her remaining years as happy as possible.

“I want her to have more happiness than she ever thought possible,” he said. “That fills me with joy.”

Bradshaw also reflected on becoming a better husband, saying he wants Tammy “to know what it’s like to really feel loved.”

Those deeply personal subjects will also appear in “Looking for Terry: A Memoir,” scheduled for release Oct. 13. The book, his first memoir in more than two decades, explores his cancer battles, struggles with depression, faith and the man behind the larger-than-life personality millions of football fans have watched for decades.

For Bradshaw, surviving cancer appears to have brought the reality of eternity closer — while also reminding him to make the most of the life, marriage and family God has given him today.