I hate to blow my own horn, but I gave a lot of people fits.
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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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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Don’t put off until tomorrow the loving words you can say today.
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Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.
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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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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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I was always active – I went from baseball to football. I didn’t have time to work out.
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Football is easy if you’re crazy as hell.
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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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The only people I know getting in high places by running their mouth are politicians.
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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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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 took a lot of things for granted – especially how I treated my body.
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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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I guarantee you that’s what Jeff Gordon does. He uses everything the fans throw at him to stoke his fire and it drives him to be better at what he does.
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It is better to give a lick than receive one.
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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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If you have four years to complete your college education, do it.
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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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So, baseball is probably more physical of the two mentally.
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I’m the type of person, I cross the bridges once I get to ’em. I don’t try to plan my life three, four months in advance, because you don’t know if tomorrow’s promised to you.
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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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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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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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My favorite driver is always either the bad guy or the underdog.
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So, I got a lot of recruitment letters from track.
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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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