I am my own person. What I’m doing, I’m happy with it. I’m doing what I want to.
BO JACKSONIf 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.
More Bo Jackson Quotes
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So, baseball is probably more physical of the two mentally.
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I have always been an avid bike rider. Even before I became an avid bike rider, I was an avid bike stealer when I was a kid. I am very educated on bikes.
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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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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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Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.
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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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I taught myself how to pole vault in one day. The next day I entered a meet to pole vault and won it all for the state of Alabama.
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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 was always the fastest and strongest kid in my school so events like the 100 meter and discus throwing attracted me.
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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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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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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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Football is easy if you’re crazy as hell.
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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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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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