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.
BO JACKSONMy workout was running down fly balls, stealing a base, or running for my life on the football field.
More Bo Jackson Quotes
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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, I got a lot of recruitment letters from track.
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I took a lot of things for granted – especially how I treated my body.
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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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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.
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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.
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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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My favorite driver is always either the bad guy or the underdog.
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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 was always an Alabama fan growing up, but when the Alabama recruiter told me I would probably not be able to play until the end of my sophomore year, or the beginning of my junior year.
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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 am my own person. What I’m doing, I’m happy with it. I’m doing what I want to.
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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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Don’t put off until tomorrow the loving words you can say today.
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I grew up in a tough neighborhood where a lot of kids were older than me.
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