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.
BO JACKSONI am my own person. What I’m doing, I’m happy with it. I’m doing what I want to.
More Bo Jackson Quotes
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You have a lot of people on the run and really don’t have time to sit down and eat a balanced meal.
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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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I was always active – I went from baseball to football. I didn’t have time to work out.
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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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Don’t plan to repent at the 11th hour – you may die at 10:30.
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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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So you have to be more mentally focused in baseball.
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I’ve always played with kids that were five, six, seven years older than me.
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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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But now, I get up every morning and go to the gym because I don’t like waking up stiff or in pain and wondering if my hip is going to hurt me.
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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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The first game was against Wake Forrest – I’ll never forget that game.
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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 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 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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