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.
BO JACKSONIt 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.
More Bo Jackson Quotes
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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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It is better to give a lick than receive one.
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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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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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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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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 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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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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Football is easy if you’re crazy as hell.
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Don’t plan to repent at the 11th hour – you may die at 10:30.
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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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So, baseball is probably more physical of the two mentally.
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So you have to be more mentally focused in baseball.
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