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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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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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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 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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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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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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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 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'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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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 am a firm believer in if you can't get it the old fashioned way, you don't need it.
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Football is easy if you're crazy as hell.
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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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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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If I miss anything about the sport, it's the camaraderie of old teammates.
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Back before I injured my hip, I thought going to the gym was for wimps.
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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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Don't plan to repent at the 11th hour - you may die at 10:30.
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It is better to give a lick than receive one.
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I took a lot of things for granted - especially how I treated my body.
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