Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.
BO JACKSONMy 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.
More Bo Jackson Quotes
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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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So, baseball is probably more physical of the two mentally.
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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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It is better to give a lick than receive one. If anybody got in my way, I tried to run right through them.
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Football is easy if you’re crazy as hell.
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I grew up in a tough neighborhood where a lot of kids were older than me.
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I always wanted to be a pilot.
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If you have four years to complete your college education, do 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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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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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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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 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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My favorite driver is always either the bad guy or the underdog.
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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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