I was always the fastest and strongest kid in my school so events like the 100 meter and discus throwing attracted me.
BO JACKSONIt is better to give a lick than receive one.
More Bo Jackson Quotes
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I 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.
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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, 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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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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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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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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My workout was running down fly balls, stealing a base, or running for my life on the football field.
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I always wanted to be a pilot.
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My favorite driver is always either the bad guy or the underdog.
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The only people I know getting in high places by running their mouth are politicians.
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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 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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So, baseball is probably more physical of the two mentally.
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I am a firm believer in if you can’t get it the old fashioned way, you don’t need it.
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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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