Don’t run too fast through life. You only have one.
BO JACKSONIf you have four years to complete your college education, do it.
More Bo Jackson Quotes
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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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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 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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So, baseball is probably more physical of the two mentally.
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So, I got a lot of recruitment letters from track.
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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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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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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 took a lot of things for granted – especially how I treated my body.
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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’ve always played with kids that were five, six, seven years older than me.
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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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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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Whenever I wasn’t watching the planes, I was playing community baseball, football, or something like that.
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