Mike Ditka Quotes (60 Quotes)

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.

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.

What's the difference between a 3-week-old puppy and a sportswriter In 6 weeks, the puppy will stop whining.

There's just me and my wife and a dog and we feed him Healthy Choice also.

I think your alcohol intake has to change. You know, usually a big person feels they can drink anything they want to and as much as they want to and I've cut that way back.

I think it's a wise pick. Dave is a Pitt guy. Dave has a commitment to this university. The excitement created since Dave came probably hasn't happened in, what, 20 years

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.

I do like red wine. I drink red wine, but it's not a necessity that I drink 10 bottles of it. I can have a couple of glasses and that's fine.

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

Buddy and I had a love-hate relationship. It's been documented by him and me. There's no use beating around the bush. Buddy thought he should have been head coach of the Bears when I got the job. I got the job. Mr. George Halas hired me. I can't do anything about that.

Just because you liked something as a youngster doesn't mean you have to like it as an adult. You can change your taste a little bit on the sweets and things like that.

I have a lot of friends in New Orleans. It's a city of good people. Diana and I want to do as much as we can for the utter destruction, loss of life and the incredible loss of property and income.

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

Sometimes, you don't have enough patience with guys. When you ... don't see the effort, you don't understand it. When you see guys that are just going through the motions, as a coach, you get frustrated, especially if you're a competitor, which Mike is and which I was.

He has a lot going for him. He knows the game that's the first thing. And I think he knows people, and you have to be a people person to be able to deal with people. He's a guy that keeps himself in control. He doesn't have too many highs or lows.

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.

That's the first thing I thought. Walter was probably more flashy with his style, but they both have the same toughness. And they both hit the hole. If he doesn't make you miss, he's going to make you hurt. I love that.

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.

to have a Pittsburgh guy here. You don't need any more California guys here, gang. We don't need any of that crap.

If you're not in the parade, you watch the parade. That's life.

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.

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

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.

It's football, it's not brain surgery. Have some fun.

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.

If things came easy, then everybody would be great at what they did, let's face it.

The Halftime Flush -- that's very serious business. I mean, you've got 90 million Americans flushing toilets. You could have a tragic clogging problem in America.

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

I think the big thing in following a diet like this is some discipline in your life. You've got to be able to say no to certain things.

During the big game, the pressure to win is always intense in the locker room. And, the thing is, not only does the team feel the pressure, but the fans and their bathrooms do, too. See, during halftime, so many johns are flushed, they go into overtime mode. All that water pressure can cause serious clogs so, it's important to prepare

It's been pretty encouraging to see what kind of country this is that so many people are willing to help.

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.

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.

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.

I believe he'll be a good head coach in the league someday.

When I put some Tabasco on things, and there's really nothing in Tabasco, it's not bad for you in any way, so that's kind of become my substitute. Now you got to get used to a hot mouth, but that's okay.

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

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.

I understand that people don't want to smoke. Fine. Don't smoke. You don't want to go into a restaurant where there's smoking, don't go in there. But don't impose your will - the will of a few - on the lives of many.

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

I'm not a mean player. You'll notice I never pick on a player who has a number above 30.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

You see people who have been very heavy in their life who have taken that body, trimmed it down, firmed it up through discipline, exercise and being able to say no. Eating properly, that all comes into it.

You drive for show, but you still putt for dough. No matter what happens, we've said it throughout history. When it comes time for the playoffs, defense does count. It does matter.

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.

You've got to have a Pittsburgh guy, ... You don't need any more California guys here, gang. You don't need 'em. They come and go like the flies.