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.
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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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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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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I am a firm believer in if you can’t get it the old fashioned way, you don’t need it.
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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.
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Football is easy if you’re crazy as hell.
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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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Whenever I wasn’t watching the planes, I was playing community baseball, football, or something like that.
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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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Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.
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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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I took a lot of things for granted – especially how I treated my body.
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It occurred to me in my junior year of high school. I got my first letter from a big college. I still have that letter to this day – a letter from Indiana.
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So, baseball is probably more physical of the two mentally.
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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 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.
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