Dan Hampton: Steve McMichael has always been 'incredibly strong and resilient'

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Mike Mulligan and Marshall Harris were joined by Bears icon Dan Hampton to discuss the legendary Steve McMichael's upcoming induction to the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the Mongo's Hall Ball event that will be a part of the festivities.

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00:00You, Dan, everything, you guys went together, winning a Super Bowl together.

00:04What can you tell us about what this fight has been like from your perspective?

00:11Well, you've done a wonderful job of, of, of kind of, you know, laying it out in

00:17the sense that it, it, it, it, it's an insidious, horrible disease.

00:21And I was over there a couple of days ago and, and, and even though Steve

00:26has kind of leveled off, you know, there hasn't been as much attrition and atrophy

00:31and, and all the different things, but still, you know, the real insidious part

00:37of this is he can still, you know, his mind is still sharp and, and when I go,

00:43I, I, I, you know, I invariably it's a one-sided conversation, but I, I, I tell

00:48old stories about there we were in St.

00:51Louis playing the Cardinals on a preseason night and, and, and you can

00:56tell by looking in his eyes that, you know, obviously he understands implicitly.

01:02And, and that's what's so awful about this disease.

01:07The body is basically, you know, it's, it's useless.

01:10And, and the point that, you know, Misty made about them having more time together.

01:17There's no doubt in my mind that, you know, so many people that if you're

01:22afflicted with this, you, you know, there's options and, and maybe they

01:26want to just, you know, end it.

01:28But Steve has, has been unbelievably strong and, and, and resilient.

01:35And, and next Saturday, he will be inducted into, you know,

01:41the pro football hall of fame.

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