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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.
Bo Jackson
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Bo Jackson
Age: 61
Born: 1962
Born: November 30
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Football Player
Bessemer
Alabama
Vincent Edward Jackson
Vincent Edward Bo Jackson
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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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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 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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The only people I know getting in high places by running their mouth are politicians.
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I love going out and doing new things.
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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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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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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 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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Really, it's not harder to train for them because once baseball starts you play everyday almost.
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Whenever I wasn't watching the planes, I was playing community baseball, football, or something like 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've always played with kids that were five, six, seven years older than me.
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Don't run too fast through life. You only have one.
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If you have four years to complete your college education, do it.
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If my mother put on a helmet and shoulder pads and a uniform that wasn't the same as the one I was wearing, I'd run over her if she was in my way. And I love my mother.
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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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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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The first game was against Wake Forrest - I'll never forget that game.
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