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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.

Bo Jackson

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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College School Sports
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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People Running Sports
The only thing I would change is during the summer – when I was working my summer job, if I was smart, I would have taken flying lessons at Auburn.
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Jobs Smart Summer
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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Day Myself Next Taught
So, baseball is probably more physical of the two mentally.
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Baseball Sports Two
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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Running Thinking Wall
I took a lot of things for granted – especially how I treated my body.
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Body Granted Treated
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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Basketball Soccer Sports
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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Distance Kids School
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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Age Kids Play
The older kids decided to pick me on me starting when I was about 6 and it didn’t take me long to take a stand for myself.
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Kids Myself Older Starting
My workout was running down fly balls, stealing a base, or running for my life on the football field.
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Football Soccer Sports
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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Hurt Morning Pain
Don’t put off until tomorrow the loving words you can say today.
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Loving Today Tomorrow Words
I could throw the discus for great distance s without the proper spin and throw technique.
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Discuss Distance Technique Throw
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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Football Motivational Soccer

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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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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