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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I hate to blow my own horn, but I gave a lot of people fits.
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I took a lot of things for granted – especially how I treated my body.
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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 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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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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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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So you have to be more mentally focused in baseball.
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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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So, I got a lot of recruitment letters from track.
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If you have four years to complete your college education, do it.
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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 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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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 am a firm believer in if you can’t get it the old fashioned way, you don’t need it.
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By 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.
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