Football is easy if you’re crazy as hell.
BO JACKSONI was always active – I went from baseball to football. I didn’t have time to work out.
More Bo Jackson Quotes
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So you have to be more mentally focused in baseball.
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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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The first game was against Wake Forrest – I’ll never forget that game.
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My confidence and drive to go play came when I realized how gifted I was at such a young age and how much bigger my build was than the kids my age.
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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 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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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 am my own person. What I’m doing, I’m happy with it. I’m doing what I want to.
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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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I have been a fan all my life, but now I have been out of football for over 10 years, and out of baseball for a little over six years and I don’t go to games.
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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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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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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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Whenever I wasn’t watching the planes, I was playing community baseball, football, or something like that.
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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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