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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.

Bo Jackson

I always wanted to be a pilot.
BO JACKSON

Always Pilots Wanted
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 JACKSON

Age Balls Kids
I wanted to stay close enough so mom could see me play – where I could go home if I needed to.
BO JACKSON

Home Mom Play
If you have four years to complete your college education, do it.
BO JACKSON

College Sports Years
I grew up in a tough neighborhood where a lot of kids were older than me.
BO JACKSON

Kids Long Tough
The first game was against Wake Forrest – I’ll never forget that game.
BO JACKSON

Firsts Forget Games never
I was always the fastest and strongest kid in my school so events like the 100 meter and discus throwing attracted me.
BO JACKSON

Distance Kids School
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.
BO JACKSON

Hurt Morning Pain
Don’t plan to repent at the 11th hour – you may die at 10:30.
BO JACKSON

Hours May Repent
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.
BO JACKSON

Baseball Soccer Sports
So, baseball is probably more physical of the two mentally.
BO JACKSON

Baseball Sports Two
I am a firm believer in if you can’t get it the old fashioned way, you don’t need it.
BO JACKSON

Needs Sports Way
Football is easy if you’re crazy as hell.
BO JACKSON

Crazy Football Sports
Don’t run too fast through life. You only have one.
BO JACKSON

Life Running Through
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.
BO JACKSON

Fans Fire Sports
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.
BO JACKSON

Baseball College Men
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 JACKSON

College Occur School Sports
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.
BO JACKSON

Appearance New Day People Sports
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.
BO JACKSON

Appear Enhance People Running Sports
It is better to give a lick than receive one. If anybody got in my way, I tried to run right through them.
BO JACKSON

Football Giving Running
I took a lot of things for granted – especially how I treated my body.
BO JACKSON

Body Granted Treated
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.
BO JACKSON

Age Kids Play
I was always an Alabama fan growing up, but when the Alabama recruiter told me I would probably not be able to play until the end of my sophomore year, or the beginning of my junior year.
BO JACKSON

Always Growing Play Up Years
Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.
BO JACKSON

Inspirational Motivational Sports
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.
BO JACKSON

Jail Kids Neighborhood
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.
BO JACKSON

Attitude Determination Team
I hate to blow my own horn, but I gave a lot of people fits.
BO JACKSON

Blow Hate People

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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