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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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Bo Jackson
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: November 30
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Vincent Edward Jackson
Vincent Edward Bo Jackson
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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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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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Don't plan to repent at the 11th hour - you may die at 10:30.
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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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I took a lot of things for granted - especially how I treated my body.
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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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