I took a lot of things for granted – especially how I treated my body.
BO JACKSONSo you have to be more mentally focused in baseball.
More Bo Jackson Quotes
-
-
My confidence and drive to go play came when I realized how gifted I was at such a young age and how much bigger my build was than the kids my age.
BO JACKSON -
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 JACKSON -
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.
BO JACKSON -
It is better to give a lick than receive one.
BO JACKSON -
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.
BO JACKSON -
My workout was running down fly balls, stealing a base, or running for my life on the football field.
BO JACKSON -
I wanted to stay close enough so mom could see me play – where I could go home if I needed to.
BO JACKSON -
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.
BO JACKSON -
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.
BO JACKSON -
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.
BO JACKSON -
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.
BO JACKSON -
I am my own person. What I’m doing, I’m happy with it. I’m doing what I want to.
BO JACKSON -
I was always active – I went from baseball to football. I didn’t have time to work out.
BO JACKSON -
Don’t plan to repent at the 11th hour – you may die at 10:30.
BO JACKSON -
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.
BO JACKSON -
Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.
BO JACKSON -
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.
BO JACKSON -
Don’t run too fast through life. You only have one.
BO JACKSON -
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.
BO JACKSON -
Whenever I wasn’t watching the planes, I was playing community baseball, football, or something like that.
BO JACKSON -
I am a firm believer in if you can’t get it the old fashioned way, you don’t need it.
BO JACKSON -
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.
BO JACKSON -
So, baseball is probably more physical of the two mentally.
BO JACKSON -
So you have to be more mentally focused in baseball.
BO JACKSON -
I could throw the discus for great distance s without the proper spin and throw technique.
BO JACKSON -
It occurred to me in my junior year of high school. I got my first letter from a big college. I still have that letter to this day – a letter from Indiana.
BO JACKSON