The first game was against Wake Forrest – I’ll never forget that game.
BO JACKSONI 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.
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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The only people I know getting in high places by running their mouth are politicians.
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I’ve always played with kids that were five, six, seven years older than me.
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Back when I was training, probably the only nutritious thing on the market was Gatorade-that’s all that we knew. 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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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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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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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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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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So, baseball is probably more physical of the two mentally.
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So, I got a lot of recruitment letters from track.
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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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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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My workout was running down fly balls, stealing a base, or running for my life on the football field.
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I was always active – I went from baseball to football. I didn’t have time to work out.
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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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Football is easy if you’re crazy as hell.
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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 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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Don’t put off until tomorrow the loving words you can say today.
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I hate to blow my own horn, but I gave a lot of people fits.
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I am a firm believer in if you can’t get it the old fashioned way, you don’t need it.
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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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My favorite driver is always either the bad guy or the underdog.
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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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So you have to be more mentally focused in baseball.
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I have been a fan all my life, but now I have been out of football for over 10 years, and out of baseball for a little over six years and I don’t go to games.
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