So you have to be more mentally focused in baseball.
BO JACKSONI grew up in a tough neighborhood where a lot of kids were older than me.
More Bo Jackson Quotes
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It is better to give a lick than receive one.
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Don’t run too fast through life. You only have one.
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Football is easy if you’re crazy as hell.
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I’ve always played with kids that were five, six, seven years older than me.
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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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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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Whenever I wasn’t watching the planes, I was playing community baseball, football, or something like that.
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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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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’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 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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I hate to blow my own horn, but I gave a lot of people fits.
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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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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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Don’t plan to repent at the 11th hour – you may die at 10:30.
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