I’ve always played with kids that were five, six, seven years older than me.
BO JACKSONDon’t plan to repent at the 11th hour – you may die at 10:30.
More Bo Jackson Quotes
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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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So you have to be more mentally focused in baseball.
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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 have no problem with my hips – I can still do the things that I used to do. I can run, I’m just not the fastest person on the field anymore.
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If you have four years to complete your college education, do it.
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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 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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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.
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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 am my own person. What I’m doing, I’m happy with it. I’m doing what I want to.
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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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So, baseball is probably more physical of the two mentally.
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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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My workout was running down fly balls, stealing a base, or running for my life on the football field.
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