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.
BO JACKSONI’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.
More Bo Jackson Quotes
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If you have four years to complete your college education, do it.
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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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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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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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It is better to give a lick than receive one.
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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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Whenever I wasn’t watching the planes, I was playing community baseball, football, or something like that.
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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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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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Don’t run too fast through life. You only have one.
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Don’t plan to repent at the 11th hour – you may die at 10:30.
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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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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 always wanted to be a pilot.
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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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