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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: 61
Born: 1962
Born: November 30
Actor
American Football Player
Athletics Competitor
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Baseball Player
Football Player
Bessemer
Alabama
Vincent Edward Jackson
Vincent Edward Bo Jackson
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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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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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Football is easy if you're crazy as hell.
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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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Don't plan to repent at the 11th hour - you may die at 10:30.
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If I miss anything about the sport, it's the camaraderie of old teammates.
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I took a lot of things for granted - especially how I treated my body.
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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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Back before I injured my hip, I thought going to the gym was for wimps.
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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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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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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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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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It is better to give a lick than receive one.
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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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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 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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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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Whenever I wasn't watching the planes, I was playing community baseball, football, or something like that.
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