I struck out with two men on base. I was so angry, so frustrated, I turned and without even thinking about it, snapped my bat over my thigh.
BO JACKSONBut 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.
More Bo Jackson Quotes
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I took a lot of things for granted – especially how I treated my body.
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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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Whenever I wasn’t watching the planes, I was playing community baseball, football, or something like that.
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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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I was always active – I went from baseball to football. I didn’t have time to work out.
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It occurred to me in my junior year of high school. I got my first letter from a big college. I still have that letter to this day – a letter from Indiana.
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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 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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Don’t plan to repent at the 11th hour – you may die at 10:30.
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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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I could throw the discus for great distance s without the proper spin and throw technique.
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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 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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