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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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Bo Jackson
Age: 62
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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Don't run too fast through life. You only have one.
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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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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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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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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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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 wanted to stay close enough so mom could see me play - where I could go home if I needed to.
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If I miss anything about the sport, it's the camaraderie of old teammates.
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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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Back before I injured my hip, I thought going to the gym was for wimps.
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The first game was against Wake Forrest - I'll never forget that game.
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I hate to blow my own horn, but I gave a lot of people fits.
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The only people I know getting in high places by running their mouth are politicians.
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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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Whenever I wasn't watching the planes, I was playing community baseball, football, or something like that.
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Football is easy if you're crazy as hell.
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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 was the type of guy that used to get up in the morning and go out and just out run everybody on the field without stretching or warming up or anything.
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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've taken up golf in the past five or six years, and most of the time there aren't too many people out there that can drive a ball further than I can.
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