As a 9th grader, I competed with the high school kids and out of 600 people, I finished 10th.
- Bo Jackson Quote
Back when I was training, probably the only nutritious thing on the market was Gatorade—that’s all that we knew. 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. I am a firm believer in if you can’t get it the old fashioned way, you don’t need it. You have a lot of people on the run and really don’t have time to sit down and eat a balanced meal.
- Bo Jackson Quote (NSCA Lift)
Being the 8th out of 10 kids, and being the one that stayed in trouble, I sort of became a momma's boy.
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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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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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First of all, I really never imagined myself being a professional athlete. Growing up as a kid, the back of my house faced a little community airport about four or five miles from my house. I would sit out and watch the planes land and take-off. I always wanted to be a pilot. Whenever I wasn’t watching the planes, I was playing community baseball, football, or something like that. I’ve always played with kids that were five, six, seven years older than me. 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. So, when I was supposed to be playing little league ball, I was playing pony league, and when I was supposed to be playing pony league, I was playing with the men’s semi-pro.
- Bo Jackson Quote (NSCA Lift)
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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I am a firm believer in if you can't get it the old fashioned way, you don't need it.
- Bo Jackson Quote
I guarantee you that's what Jeff Gordon does. He uses everything the fans throw at him to stoke his fire and it drives him to be better at what he does.
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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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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 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 was the type of guy that used to get up in the morning and go out and just out run everybody on the field without stretching or warming up or anything.
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I would say my greatest achievement in life right now—my greatest achievement period is—and I’m still trying to achieve it—is to be a wonderful father to my kids.
- Bo Jackson Quote (NSCA Lift)
I've taken up golf in the past five or six years, and most of the time there aren't too many people out there that can drive a ball further than I can.
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If I miss anything about the sport, it's the camaraderie of old teammates.
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If you have four years to complete your college education, do it.
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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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My favorite driver is always either the bad guy or the underdog.
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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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Really, it's not harder to train for them because once baseball starts you play everyday almost.
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So you have to be more mentally focused in baseball.
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So, baseball is probably more physical of the two mentally.
- Bo Jackson Quote
Whenever I wasn't watching the planes, I was playing community baseball, football, or something like that.
- Bo Jackson Quote
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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