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

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Bo Jackson
Age: 61
Born: 1962
Born: November 30
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American Football Player
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Bessemer
Alabama
Vincent Edward Jackson
Vincent Edward Bo Jackson
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My favorite driver is always either the bad guy or the underdog.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Really, it's not harder to train for them because once baseball starts you play everyday almost.
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I've always played with kids that were five, six, seven years older than me.
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The only people I know getting in high places by running their mouth are politicians.
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It is better to give a lick than receive one.
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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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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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The first game was against Wake Forrest - I'll never forget that game.
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Don't run too fast through life. You only have one.
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I guarantee you that's what Jeff Gordon does. He uses everything the fans throw at him to stoke his fire and it drives him to be better at what he does.
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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'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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Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there.
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I love going out and doing new things.
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