I was always active – I went from baseball to football. I didn’t have time to work out.
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.
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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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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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I took a lot of things for granted – especially how I treated my body.
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Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.
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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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The first game was against Wake Forrest – I’ll never forget that game.
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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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So, I got a lot of recruitment letters from track.
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I’ve always played with kids that were five, six, seven years older than 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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My workout was running down fly balls, stealing a base, or running for my life on the football field.
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So you have to be more mentally focused in baseball.
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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 always wanted to be a pilot.
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I grew up in a tough neighborhood where a lot of kids were older than me.
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