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 JACKSONIt 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.
More Bo Jackson Quotes
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Football is easy if you’re crazy as hell.
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So, baseball is probably more physical of the two mentally.
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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 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 think everyone would love to see Jeff Gordon lose or get run into the wall, but I think he uses that – similar to me.
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Don’t plan to repent at the 11th hour – you may die at 10:30.
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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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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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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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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.
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Don’t put off until tomorrow the loving words you can say today.
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If my mother put on a helmet and shoulder pads and a uniform that wasn’t the same as the one I was wearing, I’d run over her if she was in my way. And I love my mother.
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I wanted to stay close enough so mom could see me play – where I could go home if I needed to.
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I took a lot of things for granted – especially how I treated my body.
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