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 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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My workout was running down fly balls, stealing a base, or running for my life on the football field.
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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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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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I hate to blow my own horn, but I gave a lot of people fits.
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The only people I know getting in high places by running their mouth are politicians.
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So you have to be more mentally focused in baseball.
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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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I always wanted to be a pilot.
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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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Don’t plan to repent at the 11th hour – you may die at 10:30.
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If you have four years to complete your college education, do it.
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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 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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The older kids decided to pick me on me starting when I was about 6 and it didn’t take me long to take a stand for myself.
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