Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by Mike Ditka

Quote by Mike Ditka

Work

Ditka: An Autobiography

Mike Ditka's autobiography offers a personal account of his journey from a small town in Pennsylvania to becoming a legendary football coach. The book covers his experiences as a player, coach, and executive in the NFL, as well as his life outside of football. more

Author

Mike Ditka
Mike Ditka

Mike Ditka, born on October 18, 1939, is an American former football player and coach. He served as a player and coach in the NFL, known for his leadership and tactical acumen on the field. more

You May Also Like

“Many readers simply can't stomach fantasy. They immediately picture elves with broadswords or mighty-thewed barbarians with battle axes, seeking the bejeweled Coronet of Obeisance ... (But) the best fantasies pull aside the velvet curtain of mere appearance. ... In most instances, fantasy ultimately returns us to our own now re-enchanted world, reminding us that it is neither prosaic nor meaningless, and that how we live and what we do truly matters.”

WorldMatterFantasyReturnReaderBattleMereSeekingAppearanceInstanceStomachMeaninglessCurtainsRemindingBarbariansVelvetEnchantedAxes
Author:Michael Dirda
Create image

“I have now and again tried to imagine the perfect environment, the ideal conditions for reading: A worn leather armchair on a rainy night? A hammock in a freshly mown backyard? A verandah overlooking the summer sea? Good choices, every one. But I have no doubt that they are all merely displacements, sentimental attempts to replicate the warmth and snugness of my mother's lap.”

MotherNightChoicesReadingPerfectDoubtEnvironmentImagineSeaConditionsSummerIdealsNo DoubtWarmthWornSentimentalLapLeatherRainyBackyardsDisplacementReplicateArmchairsOverlookingGood ChoicesHammocksRainy Night
Author:Michael Dirda
Create image

“Once we know the plot and its surprises, we can appreciate a book's artistry without the usual confusion and sap flow of emotion, content to follow the action with tenderness and interest, all passion spent. Rather than surrender to the story or the characters - as a good first reader ought - we can now look at how the book works, and instead of swooning over it like a besotted lover begin to appreciate its intricacy and craftmanship. Surprisingly, such dissection doesn't murder the experience. Just the opposite: Only then does a work of art fully live.”

KnowsFirstsLooksDoeArtBookCharacterStoriesActionPassionInterestEmotionOughtReaderLoversAppreciateFlowOppositesMurderSurpriseSurrenderConfusionPlotOver ItWorks Of ArtUsualTendernessArtistrySapIntricacyDissectionSwooning
Author:Michael Dirda
Create image

“In Madame Bovary Flaubert never allows anything to go on too long; he can suggest years of boredom in a paragraph, capture the essence of a character in a single conversational exchange, or show us the gulf between his soulful heroine and her dull-witted husband in a sentence (and one that, moreover, presages all Emma's later experience of men). (...) This is one of the summits of prose art, and not to know such a masterpiece is to live a diminished life.”

KnowsMenYearsLongArtCharacterShowsGoes OnHusbandEssenceSentencesBoredomDullProseCaptureMasterpieceSummitParagraphHeroinesEmmaSoulful
Author:Michael Dirda
Create image

“Look people. I’m just a tool to get you where you need to go. If you don’t want to go there, that’s on you. But I’m going to do my best to help you get where you want to be. Okay. So when you get mad and I hear you say ‘I love you but I hate you’. Let’s take the hate out. Love me and love yourself because you can dig, and you can go.”

PeopleIfsWantNeedsLooksHelpingHateLove YouToolsOkayAnd LoveI HateMadLove YourselfHate YouI Hate YouSay I Love You
Author:Shaun Thompson
Create image