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.
BO JACKSONJust let me do what I’m doing, and then when all of this is up, then you can say how my career was.
More Bo Jackson Quotes
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So, I got a lot of recruitment letters from track.
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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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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’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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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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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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So you have to be more mentally focused in baseball.
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Don’t plan to repent at the 11th hour – you may die at 10:30.
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I also tell them that your education can take you way farther than a football, baseball, track, or basketball will – that’s just the bottom line.
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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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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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Football is easy if you’re crazy as hell.
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Don’t put off until tomorrow the loving words you can say today.
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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 wanted to stay close enough so mom could see me play – where I could go home if I needed to.
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