It is better to give a lick than receive one.
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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I am my own person. What I’m doing, I’m happy with it. I’m doing what I want to.
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I’ve always played with kids that were five, six, seven years older than 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 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.
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Don’t plan to repent at the 11th hour – you may die at 10:30.
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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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Don’t put off until tomorrow the loving words you can say today.
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I grew up in a tough neighborhood where a lot of kids were older than me.
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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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