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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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Bo Jackson
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: November 30
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Vincent Edward Jackson
Vincent Edward Bo Jackson
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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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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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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'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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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 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 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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I hate to blow my own horn, but I gave a lot of people fits.
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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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It is better to give a lick than receive one.
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The first game was against Wake Forrest - I'll never forget that game.
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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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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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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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I have been a fan all my life, but now I have been out of football for over 10 years, and out of baseball for a little over six years and I don't go to games.
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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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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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