Robin Roberts was honored with the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at Wednesday night's ESPYs 2013.

It's been a long year for Good Morning America anchor Robin Roberts. After surviving her first bout of breast cancer and undergoing a bone marrow transplant last Fall to treat a cancer-caused blood disease, Roberts is back on top sharing her story with the world.

If you watch Wednesday night's 2013 ESPYs Awards at Nokia Theatre you probably were lucky enough to hear Roberts' moving survival story. The speech was both inspirational and upbeat and received a standing ovation from the crowd.

"Through it all I learned that true strength isn't when you face down life's challenges on your own," Roberts said. "It's when you take them on by accepting the help, faith and love of others and knowing you are lucky to have those."

Before hosting Good Morning America, Roberts was a pioneering sports journalist for ESPN. In a time where women, certainly not African-American women, were not deemed worthy of reporting sports, Roberts blazed trails and became one of the best sports journalists in the media. Roberts later joined the GMA staff as a reported.

Her most memorably story in the field came after Hurricane Katrina. Roberts was back home in Mississippi and broke into tears on camera when trying to relate the damage to viewers. Thinking she would surely be fired for breaking down the emotional 4^th wall, Roberts connected with viewers earning her a spot as GMA host.

Throughout her fight with breast cancer in 2007 and myelodysplastic syndrome [MDS] in 2012, Roberts remained a publicly powerful voice against both diseases.

LeBron James was visibly humbled to present the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage to Robin Roberts. Roberts, whose late mother was a big King James fan, reflected the "spirit of Arthur Ashe, possessing strength in the face of adversity, courage in the face of peril and the willingness to stand up for their beliefs no matter what the cost."