I took a lot of things for granted – especially how I treated my body.
BO JACKSONSet your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.
More Bo Jackson Quotes
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Don’t plan to repent at the 11th hour – you may die at 10:30.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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My workout was running down fly balls, stealing a base, or running for my life on the football field.
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So, baseball is probably more physical of the two mentally.
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I hate to blow my own horn, but I gave a lot of people fits.
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The first game was against Wake Forrest – I’ll never forget that game.
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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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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 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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