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.
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 think everyone would love to see Jeff Gordon lose or get run into the wall, but I think he uses that – similar to me.
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If you have four years to complete your college education, do it.
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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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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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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 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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I’ve always played with kids that were five, six, seven years older than me.
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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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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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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 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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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 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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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 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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