CHICAGO BEARS QUOTES

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

Success isn’t permanent and failure isn’t fatal.— Mike Ditka

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

What’s the difference between a 3-week old puppy and a sportswriter? In six weeks the puppy will stop whining.

— Mike Ditka

I’m not a mean player. You’ll notice that I never pick on anyone with a number higher than 30.

— Mike Ditka

He’s a young guy with a lot of enthusiasm and he’s really proud to be a Pittsburgh guy. And you have to have a Pittsburgh guy here. You don’t need any more California guys here, gang. We don’t need any of that crap. They come and go like the flies.

— 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.

— Mike Ditka

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

— Mike Ditka

We have a strange and wonderful relationship—he’s strange and I’m wonderful.

— Mike Ditka

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

— Mike Ditka