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.
BO JACKSONI’ve always played with kids that were five, six, seven years older than me.
More Bo Jackson Quotes
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I hate to blow my own horn, but I gave a lot of people fits.
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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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So you have to be more mentally focused in baseball.
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Don’t plan to repent at the 11th hour – you may die at 10:30.
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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 took a lot of things for granted – especially how I treated my body.
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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 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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I also tell them that your education can take you way farther than a football, baseball, track, or basketball will – that’s just the bottom line.
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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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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’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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I was always active – I went from baseball to football. I didn’t have time to work out.
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My favorite driver is always either the bad guy or the underdog.
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