Don’t plan to repent at the 11th hour – you may die at 10:30.
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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My favorite driver is always either the bad guy or the underdog.
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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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I hate to blow my own horn, but I gave a lot of people fits.
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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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I am a firm believer in if you can’t get it the old fashioned way, you don’t need it.
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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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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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Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.
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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 was a pitcher, shortstop and outfielder, and the Yankees tried to sign me out of high school as a first-round draft pick in 1981. I turned them down to go to college.
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So you have to be more mentally focused in baseball.
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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.
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So, baseball is probably more physical of the two mentally.
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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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I was always active – I went from baseball to football. I didn’t have time to work out.
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