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 JACKSONSo, baseball is probably more physical of the two mentally.
More Bo Jackson Quotes
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If you have four years to complete your college education, do it.
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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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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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You have a lot of people on the run and really don’t have time to sit down and eat a balanced meal.
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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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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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By doing that and being very competitive, the grown-ups started telling me even back before I started playing organized ball that I was too physical and too advanced for the kids my own age.
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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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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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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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I have no problem with my hips – I can still do the things that I used to do. I can run, I’m just not the fastest person on the field anymore.
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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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Football is easy if you’re crazy as hell.
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Don’t run too fast through life. You only have one.
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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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