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I grew up in a tough neighborhood where a lot of kids were older than me.

Bo Jackson

I was always active – I went from baseball to football. I didn’t have time to work out.
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Baseball Football Soccer
Football is easy if you’re crazy as hell.
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Crazy Football Sports
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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Jail Kids Neighborhood
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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College School Sports
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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Day Myself Next Taught
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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Distance Kids School
By doing that and being very competitive, the grown-ups started telling me even back before I started playing organized ball that I was too physical and too advanced for the kids my own age.
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Age Balls Kids
So you have to be more mentally focused in baseball.
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Baseball Focused Sports
So, I got a lot of recruitment letters from track.
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Letters Recruitment Track
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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Home Mom Play
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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Attitude Determination Team
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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Football Motivational Soccer
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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Baseball College Men
I’ve always played with kids that were five, six, seven years older than me.
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Children Kids Years
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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Always Growing Play Up Years
I could throw the discus for great distance s without the proper spin and throw technique.
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Discuss Distance Technique Throw

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