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 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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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 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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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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It is better to give a lick than receive one.
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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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Don’t run too fast through life. You only have one.
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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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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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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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My favorite driver is always either the bad guy or the underdog.
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Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.
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I grew up in a tough neighborhood where a lot of kids were older than me.
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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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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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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 always the fastest and strongest kid in my school so events like the 100 meter and discus throwing attracted me.
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I’ve always played with kids that were five, six, seven years older than me.
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I could throw the discus for great distance s without the proper spin and throw technique.
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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 have no problem with my hips – I can still do the things that I used to do. I can run, I’m just not the fastest person on the field anymore.
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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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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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Whenever I wasn’t watching the planes, I was playing community baseball, football, or something like that.
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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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It’s all about the attitude, gut, heart and determination to go out and give 120% every time to try and help the team win.
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Don’t plan to repent at the 11th hour – you may die at 10:30.
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