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Effort without talent is a depressing situation... but talent without effort is a tragedy.

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Mike Ditka
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: October 18
American Football Player
Baseball Player
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Football Player
Television Presenter
Carnegie
Pennsylvania
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Success is not permanent & failure is not fatal.
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What you feel spiritually. I think a lot of that has to do with it. If you have no spiritual life, chances are everything is going to aggravate you, you're going to fly off the handle at everything and that's what I did in the past. I've kind of got that under control now.
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When I get my heart rate up, I get good exercise and I think it's good for a lot of things, plus it's not hurting my hips right now.
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Not really, and actually my cholesterol was 190 when I had the heart attack. 190, which isn't that high. I took it down to about 130 and it's probably about 140 or 145 now.
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Coffee, It's the life blood that fuels the dreams of champions!
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People want a cop-out, listen I'm a realist and I talk about motivation, talk about all the things it takes to be greater or are important to win and people want to use excuses all the time.
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Success is never permanent, and failure is never final.
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Success isn't measured by money or power or social rank. Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace.
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If things came easy, then everybody would be great at what they did.
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I'm not a mean player. You'll notice I never pick on a player who has a number above 30.
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I do like beer, but lately I've started drinking non-alcoholic beer and I like the taste of it and I don't get the alcohol, so that's a good alternative also.
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Some people are willing to pay the price and it's the same with staying healthy or eating healthy. There's some discipline involved. There's some sacrifices.
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Cap Boso? How could I cut a guy with a name like that?
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Failure isn't fatal unless you let it be.
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It's your body and you're going to have a much better life, you are going to have a quality life, better lifestyle, you're going to be healthier, you're going to be happier, you're going to enjoy the people around you and they're going to enjoy you more.
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I mean, when you've had a problem in your past, whether it's attributed directly to high cholesterol or not, you want to lower your cholesterol. You want to eat healthy. You want to feel healthy. You want to have a little more energy.
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Those players really believe in him.
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Before you can win, you have to believe you are worthy.
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The shoulder surgery was a success. The lobotomy failed.
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In life, you get what you tolerate.
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