Remembering Mike Ditka + AMA 281

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Andrew Kolvet (1:17)

All right. Welcome, everybody. It is October 9th, 2026 We are here at the Y-Refi Studios in Phoenix, Arizona.

And boy, oh boy, there is so much news to get to. But we want to start off by remembering Mike Ditka, who passed away at 86 years old today. He was an all-American legend, a patriot, an original. And we have so many great clips that the team found, including clips that Charlie was talking about Mike Ditka.

He was a Trump supporter when it was very unpopular to be so, especially as a public figure. He had the courage of his convictions. He didn't put up with any gruff. He didn't have time for naysayers or time wasters. And that way, he reminded me a lot of Charlie. And he just spoke his mind. And he passed away today. And it's important to remember the legends that fall and that go before us.

Blake Neff (2:08)

This is the guy. He was such a legend. He won a Super Bowl for the Chicago Bears, which I'm not sure anyone else is ever going to do.

I'm a Packers fan, of course. But he is an all-time legend. One of our emails, Frank, said, the most famous Chicagoan of the past hundred years, and I'm including Obama.

Andrew Kolvet (2:25)

Well, Charlie gave him a run for their money. But yeah.

Blake Neff (2:28)

Possibly, possibly. But Chicago legend, of course. But not just a sports legend, but a guy who had a lot of a very good philosophy on life, actually.

Andrew Kolvet (2:37)

And we have a tweet here from Charlie quoting Mike Ditka. This is back in 2013

Blake Neff (2:43)

It had no retweets, no likes when we found this.

Andrew Kolvet (2:46)

Exactly. So now it has a few because people found it. Success isn't permanent, failure isn't fatal. Mike Ditka, that was from 2013 Here's Mike Ditka on Colin Kaepernick.

I grew up a 49ers fan. And so when Kaepernick went nuts, I'm also from Nevada, so he went to UNR. So when Kaepernick lost his marbles, it really kind of sucked for me, because it kind of hit two of my fan bases there. Here's Mike Ditka on it, top 14

SPEAKER_4 (3:15)

Coach, where do you stand on this whole Colin Kaepernick issue?

SPEAKER_5 (3:18)

Well, wait, what do you mean?

SPEAKER_4 (3:20)

Oh, do you have a problem with Colin Kaepernick?

SPEAKER_5 (3:22)

I think it's a problem with anybody who disrespects this country and the flag. If they don't like the country, they don't like our flag, get the hell out. That's what I think. So if you're asking me, I have no respect for Colin Kaepernick. He probably has no respect for me. That's his choice. My choice is that I like this country. I respect our flag. And I don't see all the atrocities going on in this country that people say are going on. I see opportunities if people want to look for opportunities. Now, if they don't want to look for them, then you can find problems with anything. But this is the land of opportunity because you can be or anything you want to be if you work. Now, if you don't work, there's a different problem.

Pretty simple.

Blake Neff (4:01)

Great stuff, great stuff. And he was a guy, someone tried to heckle him, he called into a radio show that he was on once. And Ditka had a response that legendary, very much in the vein of, I think what Charlie might say, let's do clip five.