Mike Ditka

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

“You're never a loser until you quit trying.”

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

“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.”