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
-
-
Don’t put off until tomorrow the loving words you can say today.
BO JACKSON -
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.
BO JACKSON -
My favorite driver is always either the bad guy or the underdog.
BO JACKSON -
Whenever I wasn’t watching the planes, I was playing community baseball, football, or something like that.
BO JACKSON -
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.
BO JACKSON -
I took a lot of things for granted – especially how I treated my body.
BO JACKSON -
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.
BO JACKSON -
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.
BO JACKSON -
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.
BO JACKSON -
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.
BO JACKSON -
I grew up in a tough neighborhood where a lot of kids were older than me.
BO JACKSON -
I’ve always played with kids that were five, six, seven years older than me.
BO JACKSON -
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.
BO JACKSON -
I am my own person. What I’m doing, I’m happy with it. I’m doing what I want to.
BO JACKSON -
I always wanted to be a pilot.
BO JACKSON