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

Bo Jackson

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Bo Jackson
Age: 61
Born: 1962
Born: November 30
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American Football Player
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Alabama
Vincent Edward Jackson
Vincent Edward Bo Jackson
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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 am a firm believer in if you can't get it the old fashioned way, you don't need it.
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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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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'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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Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there.
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