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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More Bo Jackson Quotes
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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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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 was the type of guy that used to get up in the morning and go out and just out run everybody on the field without stretching or warming up or anything.
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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 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 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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So, baseball is probably more physical of the two mentally.
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I am my own person. What I’m doing, I’m happy with it. I’m doing what I want to.
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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.
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I grew up in a tough neighborhood where a lot of kids were older than me.
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Don’t run too fast through life. You only have one.
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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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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.
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Football is easy if you’re crazy as hell.
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