Don’t plan to repent at the 11th hour – you may die at 10:30.
BO JACKSONBut 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.
More Bo Jackson Quotes
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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 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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Football is easy if you’re crazy as hell.
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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 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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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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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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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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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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My workout was running down fly balls, stealing a base, or running for my life on the football field.
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The first game was against Wake Forrest – I’ll never forget that game.
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My favorite driver is always either the bad guy or the underdog.
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Don’t run too fast through life. You only have one.
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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 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 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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I could throw the discus for great distance s without the proper spin and throw technique.
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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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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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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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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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It is better to give a lick than receive one.
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When I was a kid, everybody in the neighborhood picked me to be the one in jail or be in the cemetery by the time I was 20.
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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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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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I was always active – I went from baseball to football. I didn’t have time to work out.
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