"All of a sudden, it has become a big deal now — about oppression. There has been no oppression in the last 100 years that I know of," Ditka said. "Now maybe I'm not watching it as carefully as other people. I think the opportunity is there for everybody — race, religion, creed, color, nationality. If you want to work, if you want to try, if you want to put effort in, I think you can accomplish anything. And we have watched that throughout our history of our country."