Don’t run too fast through life. You only have one.
BO JACKSONMy 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.
More Bo Jackson Quotes
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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 first game was against Wake Forrest – I’ll never forget that game.
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So you have to be more mentally focused in baseball.
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So, baseball is probably more physical of the two mentally.
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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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The only people I know getting in high places by running their mouth are politicians.
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I could throw the discus for great distance s without the proper spin and throw technique.
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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 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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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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Whenever I wasn’t watching the planes, I was playing community baseball, football, or something like that.
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Don’t plan to repent at the 11th hour – you may die at 10:30.
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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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I think everyone would love to see Jeff Gordon lose or get run into the wall, but I think he uses that – similar to me.
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I took a lot of things for granted – especially how I treated my body.
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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 wanted to stay close enough so mom could see me play – where I could go home if I needed to.
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I hate to blow my own horn, but I gave a lot of people fits.
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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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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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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 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’ve always played with kids that were five, six, seven years older than me.
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Don’t put off until tomorrow the loving words you can say today.
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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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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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