Don’t run too fast through life. You only have one.
BO JACKSONIt’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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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 was a pitcher, shortstop and outfielder, and the Yankees tried to sign me out of high school as a first-round draft pick in 1981. I turned them down to go to college.
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I’ve always played with kids that were five, six, seven years older than me.
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The first game was against Wake Forrest – I’ll never forget that game.
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I hate to blow my own horn, but I gave a lot of people fits.
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So, I got a lot of recruitment letters from track.
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My 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.
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If you have four years to complete your college education, do it.
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Don’t put off until tomorrow the loving words you can say today.
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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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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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I am a firm believer in if you can’t get it the old fashioned way, you don’t need it.
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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 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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Whenever I wasn’t watching the planes, I was playing community baseball, football, or something like that.
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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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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 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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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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My favorite driver is always either the bad guy or the underdog.
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I guarantee you that’s what Jeff Gordon does. He uses everything the fans throw at him to stoke his fire and it drives him to be better at what he does.
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Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.
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The way strength and conditioning has helped me now is that I make it a point to go to the gym everyday if I can.
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