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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.

Bo Jackson

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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College School Sports
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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Home Mom Play
If you have four years to complete your college education, do it.
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College Sports Years
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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Jobs Smart Summer
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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Attitude Determination Team
It 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.
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College Occur School Sports
My favorite driver is always either the bad guy or the underdog.
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Guy Sports Underdog
Don’t run too fast through life. You only have one.
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Life Running Through
Football is easy if you’re crazy as hell.
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Crazy Football Sports
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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Age Kids Play
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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Insomnia Running Sports
The only people I know getting in high places by running their mouth are politicians.
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Mouths People Running
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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Hurt Morning Pain
Whenever I wasn’t watching the planes, I was playing community baseball, football, or something like that.
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Baseball Soccer Sports
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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Morning Running Sports
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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Day Myself Next Taught

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