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.
BO JACKSONI 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.
More Bo Jackson Quotes
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Football is easy if you’re crazy as hell.
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Don’t run too fast through life. You only have one.
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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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Whenever I wasn’t watching the planes, I was playing community baseball, football, or something like that.
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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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But now, I get up every morning and go to the gym because I don’t like waking up stiff or in pain and wondering if my hip is going to hurt me.
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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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I was always active – I went from baseball to football. I didn’t have time to work out.
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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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So, I got a lot of recruitment letters from track.
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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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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 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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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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