I grew up in a tough neighborhood where a lot of kids were older than me.
BO JACKSONSo you have to be more mentally focused in baseball.
More Bo Jackson Quotes
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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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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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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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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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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 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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Whenever I wasn’t watching the planes, I was playing community baseball, football, or something like that.
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So, I got a lot of recruitment letters from track.
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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 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 always wanted to be a pilot.
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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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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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My workout was running down fly balls, stealing a base, or running for my life on the football field.
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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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