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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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Bo Jackson
Age: 61
Born: 1962
Born: November 30
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Vincent Edward Jackson
Vincent Edward Bo Jackson
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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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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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The first game was against Wake Forrest - I'll never forget that game.
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I love going out and doing new things.
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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 wanted to stay close enough so mom could see me play - where I could go home if I needed to.
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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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Really, it's not harder to train for them because once baseball starts you play everyday almost.
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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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Football is easy if you're crazy as hell.
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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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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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Don't plan to repent at the 11th hour - you may die at 10:30.
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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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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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I hate to blow my own horn, but I gave a lot of people fits.
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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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