My workout was running down fly balls, stealing a base, or running for my life on the football field.
BO JACKSONSet your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.
More Bo Jackson Quotes
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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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If you have four years to complete your college education, do it.
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I was the type of guy that used to get up in the morning and go out and just out run everybody on the field without stretching or warming up or anything.
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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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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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My favorite driver is always either the bad guy or the underdog.
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So, baseball is probably more physical of the two mentally.
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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’ve always played with kids that were five, six, seven years older than me.
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So you have to be more mentally focused in baseball.
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I grew up in a tough neighborhood where a lot of kids were older than me.
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Football is easy if you’re crazy as hell.
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So, I got a lot of recruitment letters from track.
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It is better to give a lick than receive one.
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Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.
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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 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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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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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 was always active – I went from baseball to football. I didn’t have time to work out.
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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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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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Don’t put off until tomorrow the loving words you can say today.
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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 could throw the discus for great distance s without the proper spin and throw technique.
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I took a lot of things for granted – especially how I treated my body.
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