When I was a kid, everybody in the neighborhood picked me to be the one in jail or be in the cemetery by the time I was 20.
BO JACKSONThe only people I know getting in high places by running their mouth are politicians.
More Bo Jackson Quotes
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I think everyone would love to see Jeff Gordon lose or get run into the wall, but I think he uses that – similar to me.
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I have no problem with my hips – I can still do the things that I used to do. I can run, I’m just not the fastest person on the field anymore.
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The only people I know getting in high places by running their mouth are politicians.
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I have always been an avid bike rider. Even before I became an avid bike rider, I was an avid bike stealer when I was a kid. I am very educated on bikes.
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My workout was running down fly balls, stealing a base, or running for my life on the football field.
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I was a pitcher, shortstop and outfielder, and the Yankees tried to sign me out of high school as a first-round draft pick in 1981. I turned them down to go to college.
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By doing that and being very competitive, the grown-ups started telling me even back before I started playing organized ball that I was too physical and too advanced for the kids my own age.
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Football is easy if you’re crazy as hell.
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Don’t plan to repent at the 11th hour – you may die at 10:30.
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I was always the fastest and strongest kid in my school so events like the 100 meter and discus throwing attracted me.
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You have a lot of people on the run and really don’t have time to sit down and eat a balanced meal.
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If my mother put on a helmet and shoulder pads and a uniform that wasn’t the same as the one I was wearing, I’d run over her if she was in my way. And I love my mother.
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Back when I was training, probably the only nutritious thing on the market was Gatorade-that’s all that we knew. But now in this day and age, people are more prone to go out to try new things to enhance their performance on the field-to enhance their physical appearance.
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Don’t run too fast through life. You only have one.
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I’ll never worry about not being successful. I’ll just take it one day at a time, one season at a time. And play as hard as I can.
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