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.
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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I always wanted to be a pilot.
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I could throw the discus for great distance s without the proper spin and throw technique.
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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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If you have four years to complete your college education, do it.
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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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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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Don’t plan to repent at the 11th hour – you may die at 10:30.
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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 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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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 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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The first game was against Wake Forrest – I’ll never forget that game.
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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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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 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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