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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More Bo Jackson Quotes
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I took a lot of things for granted – especially how I treated my body.
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I always wanted to be a pilot.
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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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Whenever I wasn’t watching the planes, I was playing community baseball, football, or something like that.
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So you have to be more mentally focused in baseball.
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I’ll never worry about not being successful. I’ll just take it one day at a time, one season at a time. And play as hard as I can.
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I’m the type of person, I cross the bridges once I get to ’em. I don’t try to plan my life three, four months in advance, because you don’t know if tomorrow’s promised to you.
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Football is easy if you’re crazy as hell.
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If you have four years to complete your college education, do it.
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Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.
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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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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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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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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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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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