Mike Ditka Quotes

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

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.

You're never a loser until you quit trying.

I don't believe in living in the past. Living in the past is for cowards. If you live in the past, you die in the past.

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

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

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

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

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.

Losers quit when they're tired. Winners quit when they've won.

Coffee, It's the life blood that fuels the dreams of champions!

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

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

If things came easy, then everybody would be great at what they did.

Life's not about money. Look at achievements, accomplishments . It's about having fun. It's about enjoying life.

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

The greatest gift we have is the gift of life.

What's the difference between a three-week-old puppy and a sportswriter? In six weeks, the puppy stops whining.

Success is about having, excellence is about being. Success is about having money and fame, but excellence is being the best you can be.

Success is never permanent, and failure is never final.

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 is about taking advantage of opportunity.

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.

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.

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

Sometimes, God gives you physical talent and takes away the brain.

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.

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.

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

Success isnt permanent & failure isnt fatal.

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.

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.

Success is not permanent & failure is not fatal.

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!

The shoulder surgery was a success. The lobotomy failed.

Can't make chicken salad out of chicken noodle

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.

Success is about having. Excellence is about Being!

You have to be tough.

You got to sue the offensive line for non-support

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.

I will never coach again. I don't want to, but I wouldn't even if I did.

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.

Promises are empty words if you're not keeping them.

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 don't care where you are, but the fans only remember your last time at bat.

George Halas throws nickels around like man hole covers.

Cap Boso? How could I cut a guy with a name like 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.

You remember what happened when Eddie Pipp got hurt? A guy named Lou Gehrig took over.