I took a lot of things for granted – especially how I treated my body.
BO JACKSONI’ve always played with kids that were five, six, seven years older than me.
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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.
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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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Don’t run too fast through life. You only have one.
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It occurred to me in my junior year of high school. I got my first letter from a big college. I still have that letter to this day – a letter from Indiana.
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I could throw the discus for great distance s without the proper spin and throw technique.
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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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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 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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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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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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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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The way strength and conditioning has helped me now is that I make it a point to go to the gym everyday if I can.
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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.
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Don’t plan to repent at the 11th hour – you may die at 10:30.
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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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