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 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’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 took a lot of things for granted – especially how I treated my body.
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Don’t plan to repent at the 11th hour – you may die at 10:30.
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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 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 always wanted to be a pilot.
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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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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 grew up in a tough neighborhood where a lot of kids were older than me.
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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.
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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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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.
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So you have to be more mentally focused in baseball.
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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.
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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.
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