Football Hall of Fame Dan Marino has revealed he has been dealing with liver disease for nearly 20 years, but he believes that adjusting his lifestyle will “will make his prognosis “and improve.”
In an interview with People Magazine, the former Miami Dolphins quarterback first began to feel “a little tired” in 2007, and discovered that he had steatosis or mash associated with metabolic dysfunction after regularly testing.
According to the Cleveland Clinic, this condition, previously known as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, is caused by excess fat cells that accumulate in the liver.
“The doctor said it was reversible right away, it can be cared for, but for me, they were saying, ‘You have to exercise, you have to lose weight,'” Marino told people.
Marino, 64, says he exercises more regularly than after the play day is over. And he made a big adjustment to his diet after the doctor said, “We’ll cut back on wine and pizza and candies, ice cream, that kind of thing.”
When Marino retired in 2000 after 17 seasons with Dolphins, he was the NFL’s greatest leader ever with passing yards (61,361), completes (4,967), and touchdown passes (420). He was a league MVP in 1984, a nine-time Pro Bowler and the first quarterback to throw more than 5,000 yards in a season.
Marino was the first voter to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2005.
