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I’ve always played with kids that were five, six, seven years older than me.

Bo Jackson

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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Day Myself Next Taught
Whenever I wasn’t watching the planes, I was playing community baseball, football, or something like that.
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Baseball Soccer Sports
So, I got a lot of recruitment letters from track.
BO JACKSON

Letters Recruitment Track
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.
BO JACKSON

Hurt Morning Pain
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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Basketball Soccer Sports
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.
BO JACKSON

Baseball College Men
I was always the fastest and strongest kid in my school so events like the 100 meter and discus throwing attracted me.
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Distance Kids School
Don’t run too fast through life. You only have one.
BO JACKSON

Life Running Through
My favorite driver is always either the bad guy or the underdog.
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Guy Sports Underdog
I was always active – I went from baseball to football. I didn’t have time to work out.
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Baseball Football Soccer
By doing that and being very competitive, the grown-ups started telling me even back before I started playing organized ball that I was too physical and too advanced for the kids my own age.
BO JACKSON

Age Balls Kids
I am a firm believer in if you can’t get it the old fashioned way, you don’t need it.
BO JACKSON

Needs Sports Way
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.
BO JACKSON

Bridges Month Person Three Trying
The first game was against Wake Forrest – I’ll never forget that game.
BO JACKSON

Firsts Forget Games never
The only thing I would change is during the summer – when I was working my summer job, if I was smart, I would have taken flying lessons at Auburn.
BO JACKSON

Jobs Smart Summer
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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Kids Myself Older Starting

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