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.
BO JACKSONThe only people I know getting in high places by running their mouth are politicians.
More Bo Jackson Quotes
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I hate to blow my own horn, but I gave a lot of people fits.
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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 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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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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The first game was against Wake Forrest – I’ll never forget that game.
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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 a firm believer in if you can’t get it the old fashioned way, you don’t need it.
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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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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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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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I’ve always played with kids that were five, six, seven years older than me.
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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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Don’t plan to repent at the 11th hour – you may die at 10:30.
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Football is easy if you’re crazy as hell.
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I took a lot of things for granted – especially how I treated my body.
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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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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 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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Don’t put off until tomorrow the loving words you can say today.
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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 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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Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.
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Don’t run too fast through life. You only have one.
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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 wanted to stay close enough so mom could see me play – where I could go home if I needed to.
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