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If you're not in the parade, you watch the parade. That's life.
Mike Ditka
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Mike Ditka
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: October 18
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I always tell people I want to live to be 150 and they say why would you want to do that. I say, well there's a few people I haven't made mad yet, I want to get them.
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Effort without talent is a depressing situation... but talent without effort is a tragedy.
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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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There are teams that are fair-haired, and those that aren't so fair-haired. Some teams are named Smith, some Grabowski. We're Grabowskis!
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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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Before you can win, you have to believe you are worthy.
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Cap Boso? How could I cut a guy with a name like that?
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Jesus's first temptation was to be relevant: to turn stones into bread. Oh, how often I wished I could do that!
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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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Sometimes, God gives you physical talent and takes away the brain.
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If things came easy, then everybody would be great at what they did.
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I've been into the habit of freezing white grapes and using them as a snack. Instead of eating peanuts or popcorn or something like that or pretzels, I just eat the white grapes.
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I don't think anything is unrealistic if you believe you can do it. I think if you are determined enough and willing to pay the price, you can get it done.
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I think it's important to stretch as you get older, but I try to do basically all the things I did when I played, except I can't do them as well and as much.
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Really, if I'm gonna eat a meat, I'd rather eat venison than anything and I do like it a little on the rare side. That's probably my favorite meat and I've had some awfully good venison in some of the great restaurants.
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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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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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Success isn't permanent and failure isn't fatal.
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You're never a loser until you quit trying.
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So, when it comes to eating healthy, it's just doing the right thing. And it's not something you have to do 365 days a year, but I think it's something you have to do 25 days a month. Let's put it that way.
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