I’m the type of person, I cross the bridges once I get to ’em. I don’t try to plan my life three, four months in advance, because you don’t know if tomorrow’s promised to you.
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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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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My workout was running down fly balls, stealing a base, or running for my life on the football field.
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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 active – I went from baseball to football. I didn’t have time to work out.
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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.
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I have been a fan all my life, but now I have been out of football for over 10 years, and out of baseball for a little over six years and I don’t go to games.
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The only people I know getting in high places by running their mouth are politicians.
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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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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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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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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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It is better to give a lick than receive one.
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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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So, I got a lot of recruitment letters from track.
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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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