I grew up in a tough neighborhood where a lot of kids were older than me.
BO JACKSONI think everyone would love to see Jeff Gordon lose or get run into the wall, but I think he uses that – similar to me.
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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.
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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 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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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 have always been an avid bike rider. Even before I became an avid bike rider, I was an avid bike stealer when I was a kid. I am very educated on bikes.
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The only people I know getting in high places by running their mouth are politicians.
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The first game was against Wake Forrest – I’ll never forget that game.
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My confidence and drive to go play came when I realized how gifted I was at such a young age and how much bigger my build was than the kids my age.
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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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It is better to give a lick than receive one. If anybody got in my way, I tried to run right through them.
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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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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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Back 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.
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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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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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