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 JACKSONSo, I got a lot of recruitment letters from track.
More Bo Jackson Quotes
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Don’t run too fast through life. You only have one.
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It is better to give a lick than receive one. If anybody got in my way, I tried to run right through them.
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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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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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So, I got a lot of recruitment letters from track.
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The only people I know getting in high places by running their mouth are politicians.
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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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Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.
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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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I could throw the discus for great distance s without the proper spin and throw technique.
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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 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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I hate to blow my own horn, but I gave a lot of people fits.
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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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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.
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