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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More Bo Jackson Quotes
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I took a lot of things for granted – especially how I treated my body.
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The first game was against Wake Forrest – I’ll never forget that game.
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I have always been an avid bike rider. Even before I became an avid bike rider, I was an avid bike stealer when I was a kid. I am very educated on bikes.
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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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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 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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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 grew up in a tough neighborhood where a lot of kids were older than 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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The only people I know getting in high places by running their mouth are politicians.
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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’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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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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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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