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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More Bo Jackson Quotes
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The only people I know getting in high places by running their mouth are politicians.
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Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.
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It is better to give a lick than receive one.
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Just let me do what I’m doing, and then when all of this is up, then you can say how my career was.
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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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The only thing I would change is during the summer – when I was working my summer job, if I was smart, I would have taken flying lessons at Auburn.
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So you have to be more mentally focused in baseball.
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It occurred to me in my junior year of high school. I got my first letter from a big college. I still have that letter to this day – a letter from Indiana.
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The older kids decided to pick me on me starting when I was about 6 and it didn’t take me long to take a stand for myself.
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Don’t put off until tomorrow the loving words you can say today.
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My confidence and drive to go play came when I realized how gifted I was at such a young age and how much bigger my build was than the kids my age.
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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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Don’t plan to repent at the 11th hour – you may die at 10:30.
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I could throw the discus for great distance s without the proper spin and throw technique.
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I taught myself how to pole vault in one day. The next day I entered a meet to pole vault and won it all for the state of Alabama.
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I have been a fan all my life, but now I have been out of football for over 10 years, and out of baseball for a little over six years and I don’t go to games.
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I was always an Alabama fan growing up, but when the Alabama recruiter told me I would probably not be able to play until the end of my sophomore year, or the beginning of my junior year.
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It’s all about the attitude, gut, heart and determination to go out and give 120% every time to try and help the team win.
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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 guarantee you that’s what Jeff Gordon does. He uses everything the fans throw at him to stoke his fire and it drives him to be better at what he does.
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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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I also tell them that your education can take you way farther than a football, baseball, track, or basketball will – that’s just the bottom line.
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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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I struck out with two men on base. I was so angry, so frustrated, I turned and without even thinking about it, snapped my bat over my thigh.
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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.
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I took a lot of things for granted – especially how I treated my body.
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