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