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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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Bo Jackson
Age: 61
Born: 1962
Born: November 30
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Vincent Edward Jackson
Vincent Edward Bo Jackson
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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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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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I love going out and doing new things.
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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 took a lot of things for granted - especially how I treated my body.
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I've always played with kids that were five, six, seven years older than me.
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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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Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there.
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It is better to give a lick than receive one.
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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 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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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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My favorite driver is always either the bad guy or the underdog.
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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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Football is easy if you're crazy as hell.
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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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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 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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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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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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