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.
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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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 first game was against Wake Forrest – I’ll never forget that game.
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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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I hate to blow my own horn, but I gave a lot of people fits.
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Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.
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So, I got a lot of recruitment letters from track.
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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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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 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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It is better to give a lick than receive one. If anybody got in my way, I tried to run right through them.
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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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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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I was the type of guy that used to get up in the morning and go out and just out run everybody on the field without stretching or warming up or anything.
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Don’t plan to repent at the 11th hour – you may die at 10:30.
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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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