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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
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Television Presenter
Carnegie
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Success isnt permanent & failure isnt fatal.
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Motivation comes from within each individual. It's a personal thing. It's pride, guts, desire, whatever you want to call it some people have it in their bellies, and some don't.
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In life, you get what you tolerate.
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Success isn't permanent and failure isn't fatal.
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Sometimes, God gives you physical talent and takes away the brain.
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Those players really believe in him.
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Cap Boso? How could I cut a guy with a name like that?
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You got to sue the offensive line for non-support
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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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Basically, my problem was attributed to stress more than anything. I don't know what that does and I guess doctors can tell you that there's chemicals that build up in your system when you go through a lot of stress and constant stress.
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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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One of my favorite things is mayonnaise and I have to tell you that. I love mayonnaise, but I don't eat it any more. If I do I put light mayonnaise on it, which I know is still not good but it's a lot better than the other one and I don't eat it that much.
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I'm not going to make it the all - everything. Our (the Saints) goal is to get better, make the playoffs and win the Super Bowl, but I'm not gonna anguish over it like I have in the past.
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Here's what I tell anybody and this is what I believe. The greatest gift we have is the gift of life. We understand that. That comes from our Creator. We're given a body. Now you may not like it, but you can maximize that body the best it can be maximized.
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If things came easy, then everybody would be great at what they did.
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Coffee, It's the life blood that fuels the dreams of champions!
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I don't pick on anybody who has a number above 30.
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Before you can win, you have to believe you are worthy.
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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 about having. Excellence is about Being!
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