If my mother put on a helmet and shoulder pads and a uniform that wasn’t the same as the one I was wearing, I’d run over her if she was in my way. And I love my mother.
BO JACKSONThe 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.
More Bo Jackson Quotes
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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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Don’t plan to repent at the 11th hour – you may die at 10:30.
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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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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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I grew up in a tough neighborhood where a lot of kids were older than me.
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Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.
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Don’t run too fast through life. You only have one.
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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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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 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’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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So, baseball is probably more physical of the two mentally.
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The first game was against Wake Forrest – I’ll never forget that game.
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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 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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