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.
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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I could throw the discus for great distance s without the proper spin and throw technique.
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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.
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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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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 the type of guy that used to get up in the morning and go out and just out run everybody on the field without stretching or warming up or anything.
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So you have to be more mentally focused in baseball.
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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.
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I think everyone would love to see Jeff Gordon lose or get run into the wall, but I think he uses that – similar to me.
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I taught myself how to pole vault in one day. The next day I entered a meet to pole vault and won it all for the state of Alabama.
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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 run too fast through life. You only have one.
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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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Don’t put off until tomorrow the loving words you can say today.
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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 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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