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.
BO JACKSONI 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.
More Bo Jackson Quotes
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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 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 wanted to stay close enough so mom could see me play – where I could go home if I needed to.
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The first game was against Wake Forrest – I’ll never forget that game.
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Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.
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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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My favorite driver is always either the bad guy or the underdog.
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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 grew up in a tough neighborhood where a lot of kids were 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 always wanted to be a pilot.
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Just let me do what I’m doing, and then when all of this is up, then you can say how my career was.
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The way strength and conditioning has helped me now is that I make it a point to go to the gym everyday if I can.
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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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