Just let me do what I’m doing, and then when all of this is up, then you can say how my career was.
BO JACKSONI was always the fastest and strongest kid in my school so events like the 100 meter and discus throwing attracted me.
More Bo Jackson Quotes
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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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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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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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Don’t run too fast through life. You only have one.
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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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The only people I know getting in high places by running their mouth are politicians.
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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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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’ve always played with kids that were five, six, seven years older than me.
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I took a lot of things for granted – especially how I treated my body.
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Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.
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Football is easy if you’re crazy as hell.
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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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I could throw the discus for great distance s without the proper spin and throw technique.
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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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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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It is better to give a lick than receive one. If anybody got in my way, I tried to run right through them.
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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 am my own person. What I’m doing, I’m happy with it. I’m doing what I want to.
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So you have to be more mentally focused in baseball.
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I am a firm believer in if you can’t get it the old fashioned way, you don’t need it.
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The first game was against Wake Forrest – I’ll never forget that game.
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