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.
BO JACKSONBy 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.
BO JACKSONI’ve always played with kids that were five, six, seven years older than me.
BO JACKSONSo, baseball is probably more physical of the two mentally.
BO JACKSONMy favorite driver is always either the bad guy or the underdog.
BO JACKSONThe first game was against Wake Forrest – I’ll never forget that game.
BO JACKSONFootball is easy if you’re crazy as hell.
BO JACKSONI 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.
BO JACKSONMy workout was running down fly balls, stealing a base, or running for my life on the football field.
BO JACKSONI was always an Alabama fan growing up, but when the Alabama recruiter told me I would probably not be able to play until the end of my sophomore year, or the beginning of my junior year.
BO JACKSONSet your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.
BO JACKSONThe only people I know getting in high places by running their mouth are politicians.
BO JACKSONIt is better to give a lick than receive one.
BO JACKSONI also tell them that your education can take you way farther than a football, baseball, track, or basketball will – that’s just the bottom line.
BO JACKSONIt’s all about the attitude, gut, heart and determination to go out and give 120% every time to try and help the team win.
BO JACKSONIf you have four years to complete your college education, do it.
BO JACKSONI 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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