I taught myself how to pole vault in one day. The next day I entered a meet to pole vault and won it all for the state of Alabama.
BO JACKSONSo you have to be more mentally focused in baseball.
More Bo Jackson Quotes
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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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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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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 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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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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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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Whenever I wasn’t watching the planes, I was playing community baseball, football, or something like that.
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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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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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The first game was against Wake Forrest – I’ll never forget that game.
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I’ve always played with kids that were five, six, seven years older than me.
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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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Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.
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