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 JACKSONDon’t put off until tomorrow the loving words you can say today.
More Bo Jackson Quotes
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Don’t run too fast through life. You only have one.
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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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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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I could throw the discus for great distance s without the proper spin and throw technique.
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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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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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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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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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Whenever I wasn’t watching the planes, I was playing community baseball, football, or something like that.
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Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.
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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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The first game was against Wake Forrest – I’ll never forget that game.
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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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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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My workout was running down fly balls, stealing a base, or running for my life on the football field.
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