I wanted to stay close enough so mom could see me play – where I could go home if I needed to.
BO JACKSONI’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.
More Bo Jackson Quotes
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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 grew up in a tough neighborhood where a lot of kids were older than me.
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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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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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My workout was running down fly balls, stealing a base, or running for my life on the football field.
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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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The only people I know getting in high places by running their mouth are politicians.
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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 the type of guy that used to get up in the morning and go out and just out run everybody on the field without stretching or warming up or anything.
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Don’t put off until tomorrow the loving words you can say today.
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I have been a fan all my life, but now I have been out of football for over 10 years, and out of baseball for a little over six years and I don’t go to games.
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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 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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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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