I was always the fastest and strongest kid in my school so events like the 100 meter and discus throwing attracted me.
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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My favorite driver is always either the bad guy or the underdog.
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I have been a fan all my life, but now I have been out of football for over 10 years, and out of baseball for a little over six years and I don’t go to games.
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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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Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.
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The only people I know getting in high places by running their mouth are politicians.
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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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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. If anybody got in my way, I tried to run right through them.
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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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I’ve always played with kids that were five, six, seven years older than me.
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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 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 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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So you have to be more mentally focused in baseball.
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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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