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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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Bo Jackson
Age: 61
Born: 1962
Born: November 30
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Vincent Edward Jackson
Vincent Edward Bo Jackson
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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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My sophomore year I placed 2nd, and my junior and senior year - I got smart and piled up enough points between myself and second place where I didn't have to run the mile.
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Back before I injured my hip, I thought going to the gym was for wimps.
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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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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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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've always played with kids that were five, six, seven years older than me.
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Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there.
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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 love going out and doing new things.
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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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Don't run too fast through life. You only have one.
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It is better to give a lick than receive one.
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If I miss anything about the sport, it's the camaraderie of old teammates.
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I struck out with two men on base. I was so angry, so frustrated, I turned and without even thinking about it, snapped my bat over my thigh. The bat split right in half. Afterward, reporters asked me if it was the first time I'd ever broken a bat over my thigh. I broke an aluminum bat over my knee in college, I said. (I was just kidding).
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I took a lot of things for granted - especially how I treated my body.
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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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I'll never worry about not being successful. I'll just take it one day at a time, one season at a time. And play as hard as I can.
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If you have four years to complete your college education, do it.
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Whenever I wasn't watching the planes, I was playing community baseball, football, or something like that.
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