Don’t run too fast through life. You only have one.
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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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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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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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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It is better to give a lick than receive one.
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I have always been an avid bike rider. Even before I became an avid bike rider, I was an avid bike stealer when I was a kid. I am very educated on bikes.
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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 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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So, baseball is probably more physical of the two mentally.
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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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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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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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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.
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Don’t put off until tomorrow the loving words you can say today.
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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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