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.
BO JACKSONI’ve always played with kids that were five, six, seven years older than me.
More Bo Jackson Quotes
-
-
I always wanted to be a pilot.
BO JACKSON -
I’ve always played with kids that were five, six, seven years older than me.
BO JACKSON -
Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.
BO JACKSON -
I was always active – I went from baseball to football. I didn’t have time to work out.
BO JACKSON -
I hate to blow my own horn, but I gave a lot of people fits.
BO JACKSON -
I think everyone would love to see Jeff Gordon lose or get run into the wall, but I think he uses that – similar to me.
BO JACKSON -
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.
BO JACKSON -
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 JACKSON -
So, I got a lot of recruitment letters from track.
BO JACKSON -
I grew up in a tough neighborhood where a lot of kids were older than me.
BO JACKSON -
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.
BO JACKSON -
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.
BO JACKSON -
You have a lot of people on the run and really don’t have time to sit down and eat a balanced meal.
BO JACKSON -
Don’t run too fast through life. You only have one.
BO JACKSON -
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.
BO JACKSON