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It was tough coaching Australia. They were so set in their ways because they have been the right ways - but the culture needed changing because the discipline was shoddy.
Mickey Arthur
Culture
Discipline
Tough
Changing
Ways
Because
Were
Been
Australia
Shoddy
Coaching
Right
Needed
Set
I was always really worried about the conditions in India, especially with a group of young players. You can sit and you can tell players what it's like to play there, but until you've experienced it, you don't comprehend it.
Mickey Arthur
You
Sit
Young
Group
Worried
Tell
India
About
Comprehend
Like
Until
Always
Conditions
Experienced
Young Players
Really
Play
Players
Some players listen with one ear only.
Mickey Arthur
Some
Only
Listen
Ear
Players
Good teams are built on good values.
Mickey Arthur
Good
Values
Built
Teams
There is a distinction between total control and enjoying total freedom.
Mickey Arthur
Freedom
Control
Distinction
Total
Total Freedom
Between
Enjoying
I'd always felt the Australian cricketers' behaviour had been appalling. Tampering the ball too constitutes poor behaviour.
Mickey Arthur
Too
Had
Felt
Ball
Always
Been
Australian
Behaviour
Poor
Appalling
I've had a great time coaching teams in these various T20 tournaments but that involvement obviously only lasts for a finite period. I just felt I was too young to be doing what I was doing.
Mickey Arthur
Time
Great
Young
Too
Lasts
Only
Various
Finite
Had
Tournaments
Involvement
Great Time
Period
Obviously
Felt
Doing
Just
Coaching
Teams
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
Good
Beer
Drinking
Alcohol
Lately
Like
Also
Alternative
Get
Taste
Started
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
Time
People
Win
Important
About
Takes
Excuses
Talk
Greater
Motivation
Listen
Want
Realist
Use
Cop-Out
Things
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
Me
Heart
Doctor
Simple
Nothing
Everything
Ate
Stayed
Attack
Had
Piece
Lean
Well
Fish
Chicken
Very
Did
After
Turkey
Mean
Choice
Away
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
Life
You
Quality
People
Better
Enjoy
More
Better Life
Lifestyle
Around
Healthier
Going
Happier
Much
Body
Your
Your Body
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
Life
Fitness
Best
You
Gift
Greatest Gift
Believe
Our
Tell
Given
Like
Understand
Greatest
Maximize
May
Anybody
Body
Creator
Now
Here
If things came easy, then everybody would be great at what they did, let's face it.
Mike Ditka
Great
Face
Everybody
Would
Would-Be
Easy
Came
Did
Then
Things
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
You
Become
Mouth
Nothing
Way
Okay
Kind
Bad
Some
Put
Hot
Got
Get
Any
Substitute
Really
Used
Now
Things
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
Great
You
Rest
Down
Out
Some
Eating
Properly
Exercise
Got
Still
Get
Form
Mean
Cut
Your
Cholesterol
Fat
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
Heart
Down
Took
High
About
Attack
Had
Which
Really
Cholesterol
Now
Actually
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
Life
Spiritual
You
Fly
Past
Control
Think
Everything
Kind
Spiritual Life
Spiritually
Feel
Got
Lot
Off
Handle
Did
Going
In The Past
Aggravate
Now
Chances
There's just me and my wife and a dog and we feed him Healthy Choice also.
Mike Ditka
Me
Dog
Pet
Wife
Healthy
Feed
Also
Him
Just
Choice
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
You
Problem
Healthy
Past
Energy
High
High Cholesterol
Eat
More
Directly
Had
Feel
Attributed
Want
Whether
Little
Mean
Lower
Your
Cholesterol
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.
Mike Ditka
Good
Heart
Think
Hurting
Plus
Rate
Exercise
Hips
Lot
Up
Heart Rate
Get
Good Exercise
Now
Right
Things
I will never coach again. I don't want to, but I wouldn't even if I did.
Mike Ditka
Will
Never
Did
Want
Again
Coach
Even
I had a rule - I didn't have a lot of rules - and one of them was we're going to operate from a mutual respect. I won't embarrass you, and I don't expect you to be embarrass me.
Mike Holmgren
Me
You
Respect
Rule
Rules
Embarrass
Mutual
Mutual Respect
Had
Operate
Lot
Expect
Going
Them
You've got to find the quarterback. Once you find the quarterback, you can fix the other things.
Mike Holmgren
You
Other
Once
Find
Got
Quarterback
Fix
Things
I get the job with the 49ers, and I'm four years removed from my high school coaching days, and I'm going to be coaching Joe Montana, and I'm going, 'How do I approach this? How am I going to do this?'
Mike Holmgren
School
Job
Approach
Montana
High
Joe
High School
Days
How
Am
Years
Get
Going
Coaching
Four
My football do-over is when I went to Seattle and had both jobs as coach and general manager.
Mike Holmgren
Jobs
General
Both
General Manager
Had
Football
Manager
Coach
Seattle
I was raised, right or wrong, you make a decision and you don't quit. You fight your way through it; that's what you did.
Mike Holmgren
You
Fight
Decision
Way
Through
Wrong
Make
Did
Quit
Your
Right
Raised
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