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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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If you have four years to complete your college education, do it.
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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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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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The first game was against Wake Forrest - I'll never forget that game.
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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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I think everyone would love to see Jeff Gordon lose or get run into the wall, but I think he uses that - similar to me.
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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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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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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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If 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.
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My favorite driver is always either the bad guy or the underdog.
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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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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 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 took a lot of things for granted - especially how I treated my body.
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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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You practice Monday through Friday in college, or Monday through Saturday in the pro's - and then you just go out and knock somebody's head off.
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It is better to give a lick than receive one.
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