Just let me do what I’m doing, and then when all of this is up, then you can say how my career was.
BO JACKSONI 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.
More Bo Jackson Quotes
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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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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 am my own person. What I’m doing, I’m happy with it. I’m doing what I want to.
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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.
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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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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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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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Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.
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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 workout was running down fly balls, stealing a base, or running for my life on the football field.
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I took a lot of things for granted – especially how I treated my body.
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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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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’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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