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 JACKSONI wanted to stay close enough so mom could see me play – where I could go home if I needed to.
More Bo Jackson Quotes
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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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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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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 was always active – I went from baseball to football. I didn’t have time to work out.
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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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Don’t plan to repent at the 11th hour – you may die at 10:30.
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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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The only people I know getting in high places by running their mouth are politicians.
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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 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 put off until tomorrow the loving words you can say today.
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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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Whenever I wasn’t watching the planes, I was playing community baseball, football, or something like that.
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So, baseball is probably more physical of the two mentally.
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So you have to be more mentally focused in baseball.
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