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Don't run too fast through life. You only have one.

Bo Jackson

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Bo Jackson
Age: 62
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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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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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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If you have four years to complete your college education, do 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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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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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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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 wanted to stay close enough so mom could see me play - where I could go home if I needed to.
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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 took a lot of things for granted - especially how I treated my body.
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My sophomore year I placed 2nd, and my junior and senior year - I got smart and piled up enough points between myself and second place where I didn't have to run the mile.
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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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Football is easy if you're crazy as hell.
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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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My favorite driver is always either the bad guy or the underdog.
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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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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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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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The only people I know getting in high places by running their mouth are politicians.
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