Mike Ditka Quotes

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.
Mike Ditka

Fitness, Life, Best

If God had wanted man to play soccer, he wouldn't have given us arms.
Mike Ditka

God, Play, Wanted

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.
Mike Ditka

Live, Made, Why

Success isn't measured by money or power or social rank. Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace.
Mike Ditka

Success, Peace, Money

I really believe the only way to stay healthy is to eat properly, get your rest and exercise. If you don't exercise and do the other two, I still don't think it's going to help you that much.
Mike Ditka

Health, Help, Two

Before you can win, you have to believe you are worthy.
Mike Ditka

Win, Before, Worthy

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.
Mike Ditka

Life, Spiritual, Past

We have a strange and wonderful relationship - he's strange and I'm wonderful.
Mike Ditka

Strange, Wonderful

You're never a loser until you quit trying.
Mike Ditka

Trying, Loser, Until

Success isn't permanent and failure isn't fatal.
Mike Ditka

Failure, Success, Permanent

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

Effort, Talent, Situation

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.
Mike Ditka

Diet, Put, Year

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.
Mike Ditka

Life, Enjoy, Around

If you are determined enough and willing to pay the price, you can get it done.
Mike Ditka

Done, Enough, Pay

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.
Mike Ditka

Stress, Through, Problem

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.
Mike Ditka

Good, Alcohol, Beer

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.
Mike Ditka

Past, Everything, Win

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

Time, Important, Win

The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves.
Mike Ditka

Win, Themselves, Achieve

Well, after I had the heart attack, it was a very simple choice. What the doctor told me I did and I did it religiously. I ate nothing but lean turkey breast or chicken breast or a piece of fish that was very lean. I mean I stayed away from everything.
Mike Ditka

Heart, Simple, Nothing

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.
Mike Ditka

Great, Mean, Down

I do some weights and I do a lot of stretching.
Mike Ditka

Stretching, Weights

I don't know how to put it, but yet you know we have so many people who the way they look at life, the way they work depends on what happens, us winning or losing. It's kind of crazy. So, I kind of got caught up in that, I'm gonna try to stay away from that.
Mike Ditka

Life, Work, Crazy

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.
Mike Ditka

Past, Mean, Problem

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.
Mike Ditka

Important, Try, Older

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Nationality: American

Type: Coach

Born: October 18, 1939

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