I grew up in a tough neighborhood where a lot of kids were older than me.
BO JACKSONI 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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My favorite driver is always either the bad guy or the underdog.
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The first game was against Wake Forrest – I’ll never forget that game.
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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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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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Don’t run too fast through life. You only have one.
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If you have four years to complete your college education, do it.
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I think everyone would love to see Jeff Gordon lose or get run into the wall, but I think he uses that – similar to me.
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Don’t put off until tomorrow the loving words you can say today.
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So, baseball is probably more physical of the two mentally.
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It is better to give a lick than receive one.
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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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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 always active – I went from baseball to football. I didn’t have time to work out.
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I hate to blow my own horn, but I gave a lot of people fits.
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Just let me do what I’m doing, and then when all of this is up, then you can say how my career was.
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