I wanted to stay close enough so mom could see me play – where I could go home if I needed to.
BO JACKSONThe 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.
More Bo Jackson Quotes
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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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I could throw the discus for great distance s without the proper spin and throw technique.
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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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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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So you have to be more mentally focused in baseball.
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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’ve always played with kids that were five, six, seven years older than me.
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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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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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Don’t run too fast through life. You only have one.
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My favorite driver is always either the bad guy or the underdog.
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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 grew up in a tough neighborhood where a lot of kids were older than me.
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The first game was against Wake Forrest – I’ll never forget that game.
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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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