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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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Bo Jackson
Age: 61
Born: 1962
Born: November 30
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I hate to blow my own horn, but I gave a lot of people fits.
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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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