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I hate to blow my own horn, but I gave a lot of people fits.

Bo Jackson

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Bo Jackson
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: November 30
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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 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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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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Well, back when I was training, probably the only nutritious thing on the market was Gatorade - that's all that we knew.
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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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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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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 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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The first game was against Wake Forrest - I'll never forget that game.
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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 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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Just let me do what I'm doing, and then when all of this is up, then you can say how my career was. Don't try to sum up my career in one or two seasons. Let me finish it first.
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The only people I know getting in high places by running their mouth are politicians.
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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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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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Don't run too fast through life. You only have one.
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I'm the type of person, I cross the bridges once I get to 'em. I don't try to plan my life three, four months in advance, because you don't know if tomorrow's promised to you.
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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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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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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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