Don’t plan to repent at the 11th hour – you may die at 10:30.
BO JACKSONIf you have four years to complete your college education, do it.
More Bo Jackson Quotes
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The first game was against Wake Forrest – I’ll never forget that game.
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I could throw the discus for great distance s without the proper spin and throw technique.
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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 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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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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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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So, baseball is probably more physical of the two mentally.
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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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Back when I was training, probably the only nutritious thing on the market was Gatorade-that’s all that we knew. 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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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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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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The older kids decided to pick me on me starting when I was about 6 and it didn’t take me long to take a stand for myself.
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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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Don’t put off until tomorrow the loving words you can say today.
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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 hate to blow my own horn, but I gave a lot of people fits.
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It is better to give a lick than receive one.
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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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I was always active – I went from baseball to football. I didn’t have time to work out.
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My favorite driver is always either the bad guy or the underdog.
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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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If you have four years to complete your college education, do it.
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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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Whenever I wasn’t watching the planes, I was playing community baseball, football, or something like that.
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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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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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