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 am my own person. What I’m doing, I’m happy with it. I’m doing what I want to.
More Bo Jackson Quotes
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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.
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It is better to give a lick than receive one.
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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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The only people I know getting in high places by running their mouth are politicians.
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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’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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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 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 took a lot of things for granted – especially how I treated my body.
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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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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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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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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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My workout was running down fly balls, stealing a base, or running for my life on the football field.
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Don’t plan to repent at the 11th hour – you may die at 10:30.
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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 hate to blow my own horn, but I gave a lot of people fits.
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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 have always been an avid bike rider. Even before I became an avid bike rider, I was an avid bike stealer when I was a kid. I am very educated on bikes.
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Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.
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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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Whenever I wasn’t watching the planes, I was playing community baseball, football, or something like that.
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So you have to be more mentally focused in baseball.
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If you have four years to complete your college education, do it.
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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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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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