Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.
BO JACKSONThe first game was against Wake Forrest – I’ll never forget that game.
More Bo Jackson Quotes
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I am a firm believer in if you can’t get it the old fashioned way, you don’t need it.
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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.
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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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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 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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It is better to give a lick than receive one.
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When I was a kid, everybody in the neighborhood picked me to be the one in jail or be in the cemetery by the time I was 20.
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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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If you have four years to complete your college education, do it.
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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.
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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 was always active – I went from baseball to football. I didn’t have time to work out.
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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’ll never worry about not being successful. I’ll just take it one day at a time, one season at a time. And play as hard as I can.
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