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 JACKSONBack 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.
More Bo Jackson Quotes
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It occurred to me in my junior year of high school. I got my first letter from a big college. I still have that letter to this day – a letter from Indiana.
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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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I was the type of guy that used to get up in the morning and go out and just out run everybody on the field without stretching or warming up or anything.
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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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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 way strength and conditioning has helped me now is that I make it a point to go to the gym everyday if I can.
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I grew up in a tough neighborhood where a lot of kids were older than me.
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Don’t plan to repent at the 11th hour – you may die at 10:30.
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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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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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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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So, I got a lot of recruitment letters from track.
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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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So, baseball is probably more physical of the two mentally.
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If you have four years to complete your college education, do it.
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