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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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Bo Jackson
Age: 61
Born: 1962
Born: November 30
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Vincent Edward Jackson
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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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Football is easy if you're crazy as hell.
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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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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 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 favorite driver is always either the bad guy or the underdog.
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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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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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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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I was always an Alabama fan growing up, but when the Alabama recruiter told me I would probably not be able to play until the end of my sophomore year, or the beginning of my junior year.
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If you have four years to complete your college education, do it.
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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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Don't plan to repent at the 11th hour - you may die at 10:30.
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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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It is better to give a lick than receive one.
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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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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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The first game was against Wake Forrest - I'll never forget that game.
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I took a lot of things for granted - especially how I treated my body.
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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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