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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.

Bo Jackson

The only people I know getting in high places by running their mouth are politicians.
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Mouths People Running
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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Avid Kids Riders
It is better to give a lick than receive one.
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Better Giving Recieve
So, I got a lot of recruitment letters from track.
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Letters Recruitment Track
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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Fans Fire Sports
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
If you have four years to complete your college education, do it.
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College Sports Years
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
I was always active – I went from baseball to football. I didn’t have time to work out.
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Baseball Football Soccer
I hate to blow my own horn, but I gave a lot of people fits.
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Blow Hate People
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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Age Balls Kids
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
So, baseball is probably more physical of the two mentally.
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Baseball Sports Two
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
I was always an Alabama fan growing up, but when the Alabama recruiter told me I would probably not be able to play until the end of my sophomore year, or the beginning of my junior year.
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Always Growing Play Up Years
Football is easy if you’re crazy as hell.
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Crazy Football Sports
I grew up in a tough neighborhood where a lot of kids were older than me.
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Kids Long Tough
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
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
Whenever I wasn’t watching the planes, I was playing community baseball, football, or something like that.
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Baseball Soccer 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
My favorite driver is always either the bad guy or the underdog.
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Guy Sports Underdog
So you have to be more mentally focused in baseball.
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Baseball Focused Sports
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
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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Appearance New Day People Sports
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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Baseball College Men
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 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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