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.
BO JACKSONYou 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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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 could throw the discus for great distance s without the proper spin and throw technique.
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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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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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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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My workout was running down fly balls, stealing a base, or running for my life on the football field.
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The first game was against Wake Forrest – I’ll never forget that game.
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The only people I know getting in high places by running their mouth are politicians.
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So, baseball is probably more physical of the two mentally.
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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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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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If my mother put on a helmet and shoulder pads and a uniform that wasn’t the same as the one I was wearing, I’d run over her if she was in my way. And I love my mother.
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But now, I get up every morning and go to the gym because I don’t like waking up stiff or in pain and wondering if my hip is going to hurt me.
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I’ve always played with kids that were five, six, seven years older than me.
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