Bo Jackson Quotes
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Back before I injured my hip, I thought going to the gym was for wimps.
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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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Don't plan to repent at the 11th hour - you may die at 10:30.
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I have been a fan all my life, but now I have been out of football for over 10 years, and out of baseball for a little over six years and I don't go to games.
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Growing up as a kid, the back of my house faced a little community airport about four or five miles from my house.
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If you have four years to complete your college education, do it.
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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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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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Don't sell yourself short because without that you can't go far in life because after sports the only thing you know is sports and you can't do anything else with that.
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Really, it's not harder to train for them because once baseball starts you play everyday almost.
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I took a lot of things for granted - especially how I treated my body.
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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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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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The only people I know getting in high places by running their mouth are politicians.
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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. I could throw the discus for great distance s without the proper spin and throw technique.
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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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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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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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In baseball, I was a pitcher, which I hated because there was no action there.
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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 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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I grew up in a tough neighborhood where a lot of kids were older than me. 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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I wanted to stay close enough so mom could see me play - where I could go home if I needed to.
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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.