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.
BO JACKSONI was always active – I went from baseball to football. I didn’t have time to work out.
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So, I got a lot of recruitment letters from track.
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Don’t run too fast through life. You only have one.
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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 guarantee you that’s what Jeff Gordon does. He uses everything the fans throw at him to stoke his fire and it drives him to be better at what he does.
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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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So you have to be more mentally focused in baseball.
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But now, I get up every morning and go to the gym because I don’t like waking up stiff or in pain and wondering if my hip is going to hurt me.
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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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It is better to give a lick than receive one.
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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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Football is easy if you’re crazy as hell.
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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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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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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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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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Don’t put off until tomorrow the loving words you can say today.
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I grew up in a tough neighborhood where a lot of kids were older than me.
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I always wanted to be a pilot.
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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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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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Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.
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I’ve always played with kids that were five, six, seven years older than me.
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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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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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The only people I know getting in high places by running their mouth are politicians.
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