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.
BO JACKSONIt is better to give a lick than receive one. If anybody got in my way, I tried to run right through them.
More Bo Jackson Quotes
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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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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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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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I’ve always played with kids that were five, six, seven years older than me.
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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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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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I was always active – I went from baseball to football. I didn’t have time to work out.
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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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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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Don’t run too fast through life. You only have one.
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I always wanted to be a pilot.
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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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I could throw the discus for great distance s without the proper spin and throw technique.
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If my mother put on a helmet and shoulder pads and a uniform that wasn’t the same as the one I was wearing, I’d run over her if she was in my way. And I love my mother.
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