My favorite driver is always either the bad guy or the underdog.
BO JACKSONI 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.
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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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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So, I got a lot of recruitment letters from track.
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I grew up in a tough neighborhood where a lot of kids were older than me.
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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 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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It is better to give a lick than receive one.
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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 always wanted to be a pilot.
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I hate to blow my own horn, but I gave a lot of people fits.
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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 am a firm believer in if you can’t get it the old fashioned way, you don’t need it.
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So you have to be more mentally focused in baseball.
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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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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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