Mike Ditka

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

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

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

Mike Ditka

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

I don’t pick on anybody who has a number above 30.

Mike Ditka

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

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

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

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

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

Mike Ditka