It occurred to me in my junior year of high school. I got my first letter from a big college. I still have that letter to this day – a letter from Indiana.
BO JACKSONI was always the fastest and strongest kid in my school so events like the 100 meter and discus throwing attracted me.
More Bo Jackson Quotes
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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 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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If you have four years to complete your college education, do it.
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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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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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Don’t put off until tomorrow the loving words you can say today.
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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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I always wanted to be a pilot.
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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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So, baseball is probably more physical of the two mentally.
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I’ll never worry about not being successful. I’ll just take it one day at a time, one season at a time. And play as hard as I can.
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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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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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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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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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