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 JACKSONDon’t run too fast through life. You only have one.
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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If you have four years to complete your college education, do it.
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My confidence and drive to go play came when I realized how gifted I was at such a young age and how much bigger my build was than the kids my age.
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Just let me do what I’m doing, and then when all of this is up, then you can say how my career was.
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Don’t run too fast through life. You only have one.
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Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.
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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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I hate to blow my own horn, but I gave a lot of people fits.
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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 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 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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My workout was running down fly balls, stealing a base, or running for my life on the football field.
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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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Don’t put off until tomorrow the loving words you can say today.
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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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