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I took a lot of things for granted - especially how I treated my body.

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Bo Jackson
Age: 61
Born: 1962
Born: November 30
Actor
American Football Player
Athletics Competitor
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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'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 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 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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The only people I know getting in high places by running their mouth are politicians.
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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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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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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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Don't plan to repent at the 11th hour - you may die at 10:30.
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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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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 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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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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If you have four years to complete your college education, do it.
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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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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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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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