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 could throw the discus for great distance s without the proper spin and throw technique.
More Bo Jackson Quotes
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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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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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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’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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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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It is better to give a lick than receive one.
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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’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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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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Don’t plan to repent at the 11th hour – you may die at 10:30.
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I took a lot of things for granted – especially how I treated my body.
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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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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 workout was running down fly balls, stealing a base, or running for my life on the football field.
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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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