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.
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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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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Don’t put off until tomorrow the loving words you can say today.
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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 took a lot of things for granted – especially how I treated my body.
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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 hate to blow my own horn, but I gave a lot of people fits.
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I grew up in a tough neighborhood where a lot of kids were older than me.
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Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.
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So, baseball is probably more physical of the two mentally.
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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’ll never worry about not being successful. I’ll just take it one day at a time, one season at a time. And play as hard as I can.
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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.
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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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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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Don’t run too fast through life. You only have one.
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