Quotes by Mike Ditka - Page 2

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 / Football Player
Sports
Cutting
Eating
Exercise
Mean
Fat
Cut
Rest
Properly
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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 / Football Player
Sports
Alcohol
Beer
Drinking
Taste
Alternative
Lately
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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.
Mike Ditka / Football Player
Sports
Mad
Nfl
People
Few People
People Live Always
They Say
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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.
Mike Ditka / Football Player
Adults
Mean
Sweet
Taste
Adult
Liked
Sweets
Youngster
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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.
Mike Ditka / Football Player
Sports
Alcohol
Cutting
Feels
Thinking
Change Your Way
Cut
Intake
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Not really, and actually my cholesterol was 190 when I had the heart attack. 190, which isn't that high. I took it down to about 130 and it's probably about 140 or 145 now.
Mike Ditka / Football Player
Sports
Cholesterol
Heart
Attack
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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.
Mike Ditka / Football Player
Sports
Freezing
Grapes
Habit
Ice Cream
Peanuts
Popcorn
Snacks
White
Eat
Instead
Snack
Using
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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.
Mike Ditka / Football Player
Motivation
Pride
Wrestling
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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.
Mike Ditka / Football Player
Anguish
Goal
Over It
Past
Playoffs
Super Bowl
Winning
Bowl
Gonna
In The Past
Saints
Super
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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 / Football Player
Greater
Motivation
People
Realist
Winning
Time Important People
Time People Win
Cop-Out
Excuses
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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 / Football Player
Health
Sports
Believe
Exercise
Healthy
Health Believe Your
Rest
Properly
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If you don't play, then don't pick up a paycheck. Competition is why you play the game. I understand they've already reached some goals. That's all good. But if you can make history, take a shot at it.
Mike Ditka / Football Player
Games
Goal
Play
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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.
Mike Ditka / Football Player
Sports
Hot
Mouths
Okay
Substitute
Mouth
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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.
Mike Ditka / Football Player
Health
Sports
Discipline
Eating
Exercise
Heavy
Taken
Properly
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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.
Mike Ditka / Football Player
Diet
Baby Boy
Doing The Right Thing
Eating
Healthy
Right Thing
Thinking
Years
Month
Year
Days
The Right Thing
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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.
Mike Ditka / Football Player
People
Smoking
Want
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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.
Mike Ditka / Football Player
Sports
Great Restaurants
Littles
Meat
Restaurants
Side
Rare
Favorite
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He's just jealous. You know what they say. Empty tin cans make the most noise, and he's an empty tin can. This game is between the Bears and the Eagles, not Ditka and Ryan. We all know who would win that one. Ditka, hands down.
Mike Ditka / Football Player
Jealous
Eagles
Hands
Winning
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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 / Football Player
Sports
Healthy
High Cholesterol
Mean
Past
Attributed
Directly
Lower
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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.
Mike Ditka / Football Player
Sports
Chemicals
Constant
Doctors
Problem
Stress
Build
Attributed
Basically
Guess
More Than Anything
System
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You gotta live in the moment. I don't care what you've done in your life, it has nothing to do with what you're gonna do or what you can do. The past is history, tomorrow is a mystery. But today is a gift-that's why they call it the present.
Mike Ditka / Football Player
Done
Live In The Moment
Past
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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 / Football Player
Heart
Mean
Simple
Ate
Attack
Fish
Doctor
Chicken
Choice
Lean
Piece
Stayed
Turkey
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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 / Football Player
Quality
Better Life
Body
Enjoy
Lifestyle
People
Your Body
Life Your Better
Life Better Your
Happier
Healthier
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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.
Mike Ditka / Football Player
Fitness
Sports
Body
Creator
Given
Workout
Life Best Believe
Greatest
Anybody
Greatest Gift
Maximize
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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.
Mike Ditka / Football Player
Sports
Light
Mayonnaise
Love Good Better
Favorite Things
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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 / Football Player
Sports
Caught
Crazy
Depends
Losing
Winning
Life Work Look
Stay
So Many People
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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.
Mike Ditka / Football Player
Sports
Handle
Past
Spiritual
Spiritual Life
Aggravate
Chances
In The Past
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