Whenever I wasn’t watching the planes, I was playing community baseball, football, or something like that.
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.
More Bo Jackson Quotes
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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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So you have to be more mentally focused in baseball.
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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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Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.
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I wanted to stay close enough so mom could see me play – where I could go home if I needed to.
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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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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 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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So, baseball is probably more physical of the two mentally.
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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 grew up in a tough neighborhood where a lot of kids were older than me.
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I always wanted to be a pilot.
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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.
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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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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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