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I wanted to stay close enough so mom could see me play – where I could go home if I needed to.

Bo Jackson

Just let me do what I’m doing, and then when all of this is up, then you can say how my career was.
BO JACKSON

Careers Trying Two
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

Jobs Smart Summer
I’ve always played with kids that were five, six, seven years older than me.
BO JACKSON

Children Kids Years
You have a lot of people on the run and really don’t have time to sit down and eat a balanced meal.
BO JACKSON

People Running Sports
I am a firm believer in if you can’t get it the old fashioned way, you don’t need it.
BO JACKSON

Needs Sports Way
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

Fans Fire Sports
Whenever I wasn’t watching the planes, I was playing community baseball, football, or something like that.
BO JACKSON

Baseball Soccer Sports
By doing that and being very competitive, the grown-ups started telling me even back before I started playing organized ball that I was too physical and too advanced for the kids my own age.
BO JACKSON

Age Balls Kids
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

Basketball Play Successful
I hate to blow my own horn, but I gave a lot of people fits.
BO JACKSON

Blow Hate People
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

Basketball Soccer Sports
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

Kids Myself Older Starting
I was always active – I went from baseball to football. I didn’t have time to work out.
BO JACKSON

Baseball Football Soccer
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.
BO JACKSON

Baseball College Men
I took a lot of things for granted – especially how I treated my body.
BO JACKSON

Body Granted Treated
If you have four years to complete your college education, do it.
BO JACKSON

College Sports Years

I wanted to stay close enough so mom could see me play – where I could go home if I needed to.

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