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.
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
-
-
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 JACKSON -
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 JACKSON -
I am a firm believer in if you can’t get it the old fashioned way, you don’t need it.
BO JACKSON -
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.
BO JACKSON -
I was always active – I went from baseball to football. I didn’t have time to work out.
BO JACKSON -
I could throw the discus for great distance s without the proper spin and throw technique.
BO JACKSON -
Football is easy if you’re crazy as hell.
BO JACKSON -
Don’t plan to repent at the 11th hour – you may die at 10:30.
BO JACKSON -
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.
BO JACKSON -
Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.
BO JACKSON -
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 JACKSON -
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.
BO JACKSON -
I struck out with two men on base. I was so angry, so frustrated, I turned and without even thinking about it, snapped my bat over my thigh.
BO JACKSON -
So, I got a lot of recruitment letters from track.
BO JACKSON -
So, baseball is probably more physical of the two mentally.
BO JACKSON