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 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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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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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 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 grew up in a tough neighborhood where a lot of kids were older than me.
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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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Don’t plan to repent at the 11th hour – you may die at 10:30.
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I could throw the discus for great distance s without the proper spin and throw technique.
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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’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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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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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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