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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
Actor
American Football Player
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Bessemer
Alabama
Vincent Edward Jackson
Vincent Edward Bo Jackson
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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 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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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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If I miss anything about the sport, it's the camaraderie of old teammates.
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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've always played with kids that were five, six, seven years older than me.
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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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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 people I know getting in high places by running their mouth are politicians.
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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 am a firm believer in if you can't get it the old fashioned way, you don't need it.
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Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there.
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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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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'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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But now in this day and age, people are more prone to go out to try new things to enhance their performance on the field - to enhance their physical appearance.
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My favorite driver is always either the bad guy or the underdog.
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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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