My workout was running down fly balls, stealing a base, or running for my life on the football field.
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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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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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, baseball is probably more physical of the two mentally.
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It’s all about the attitude, gut, heart and determination to go out and give 120% every time to try and help the team win.
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Don’t put off until tomorrow the loving words you can say today.
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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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I hate to blow my own horn, but I gave a lot of people fits.
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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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So, I got a lot of recruitment letters from track.
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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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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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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 could throw the discus for great distance s without the proper spin and throw technique.
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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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