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.
BO JACKSONWhenever I wasn’t watching the planes, I was playing community baseball, football, or something like that.
More Bo Jackson Quotes
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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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If you have four years to complete your college education, do it.
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I 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.
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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.
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I always wanted to be a pilot.
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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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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 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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I was always active – I went from baseball to football. I didn’t have time to work out.
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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 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’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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Whenever I wasn’t watching the planes, I was playing community baseball, football, or something like that.
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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 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.
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