The only people I know getting in high places by running their mouth are politicians.
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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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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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 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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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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Don’t plan to repent at the 11th hour – you may die at 10:30.
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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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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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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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Don’t run too fast through life. You only have one.
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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 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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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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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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I’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.
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