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Quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell plans to use the sting of losing the 2016 Grey Cup as fuel for improvement this season.

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He intends to bottle the feeling and use it like “spinach for Popeye” in his quest to lead the Calgary Stampeders to a title.

“I just have a burning drive and a passion,” Mitchell says. “I’ve been working out harder than I ever have and pushing myself to find new limits and finding different things I can change about my game.”

Keep in mind: Mitchell won the CFL’s Most Outstanding Player award in 2016. He completed 68 per cent of his passes last season for 5,377 yards, 32 touchdowns and just eight interceptions.

“We’re not going to try and recreate the wheel,” he says. “We know who we are. I know who I am as an athlete and a quarterback. So I’m going to play football the way I play football.

“But I look at guys like Michael Jordan, Lebron James, Tom Brady, Peyton Manning … Guys like that. They’ve all failed. They’ve all lost games. So I look forward to proving myself right and everybody else right about who I am.”