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.
BO JACKSONBut 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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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 people I know getting in high places by running their mouth are politicians.
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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 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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So, baseball is probably more physical of the two mentally.
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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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If you have four years to complete your college education, do it.
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The way strength and conditioning has helped me now is that I make it a point to go to the gym everyday if I can.
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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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Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.
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So, I got a lot of recruitment letters from track.
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Just let me do what I’m doing, and then when all of this is up, then you can say how my career was.
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I’ve always played with kids that were five, six, seven years older than me.
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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 is better to give a lick than receive one.
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