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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.

Mike Ditka

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Mike Ditka
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: October 18
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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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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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If you're not in the parade, you watch the parade. That's life.
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Those players really believe in him.
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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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The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves.
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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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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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Success isnt permanent & failure isnt fatal.
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You're never a loser until you quit trying.
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We have a strange and wonderful relationship - he's strange and I'm wonderful.
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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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Promises are empty words if you're not keeping them.
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Cap Boso? How could I cut a guy with a name like that?
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Eating properly is great. I mean you cut the fat down, cut the cholesterol out, but still you got to get your rest and you got to have some form of exercise.
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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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