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 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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I’ll never worry about not being successful. I’ll just take it one day at a time, one season at a time. And play as hard as I can.
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Don’t run too fast through life. You only have one.
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I took a lot of things for granted – especially how I treated my body.
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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.
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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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My workout was running down fly balls, stealing a base, or running for my life on the football field.
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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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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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I grew up in a tough neighborhood where a lot of kids were older than me.
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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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I’ve always played with kids that were five, six, seven years older than 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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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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So, baseball is probably more physical of the two mentally.
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