I was the type of guy that used to get up in the morning and go out and just out run everybody on the field without stretching or warming up or anything.
BO JACKSONSet your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.
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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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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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So, I got a lot of recruitment letters from track.
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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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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 hate to blow my own horn, but I gave a lot of people fits.
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I took a lot of things for granted – especially how I treated my body.
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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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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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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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The only people I know getting in high places by running their mouth are politicians.
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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.
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You have a lot of people on the run and really don’t have time to sit down and eat a balanced meal.
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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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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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