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.
BO JACKSONI always wanted to be a pilot.
More Bo Jackson Quotes
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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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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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So, baseball is probably more physical of the two mentally.
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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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So, I got a lot of recruitment letters from track.
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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’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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Whenever I wasn’t watching the planes, I was playing community baseball, football, or something like that.
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I’ve always played with kids that were five, six, seven years older than me.
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I grew up in a tough neighborhood where a lot of kids were older than me.
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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 could throw the discus for great distance s without the proper spin and throw technique.
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The only people I know getting in high places by running their mouth are politicians.
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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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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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