Don’t run too fast through life. You only have one.
BO JACKSONBy 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.
More Bo Jackson Quotes
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Don’t plan to repent at the 11th hour – you may die at 10:30.
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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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I wanted to stay close enough so mom could see me play – where I could go home if I needed to.
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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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I hate to blow my own horn, but I gave a lot of people fits.
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If you have four years to complete your college education, do it.
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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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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 way strength and conditioning has helped me now is that I make it a point to go to the gym everyday if I can.
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So you have to be more mentally focused in baseball.
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I’ve always played with kids that were five, six, seven years older than me.
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I was always active – I went from baseball to football. I didn’t have time to work out.
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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 always wanted to be a pilot.
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I’m the type of person, I cross the bridges once I get to ’em. I don’t try to plan my life three, four months in advance, because you don’t know if tomorrow’s promised to you.
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