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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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Bo Jackson
Age: 61
Born: 1962
Born: November 30
Actor
American Football Player
Athletics Competitor
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Football Player
Bessemer
Alabama
Vincent Edward Jackson
Vincent Edward Bo Jackson
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The only people I know getting in high places by running their mouth are politicians.
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I've always played with kids that were five, six, seven years older than me.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Back before I injured my hip, I thought going to the gym was for wimps.
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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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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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The first game was against Wake Forrest - I'll never forget that game.
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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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You practice Monday through Friday in college, or Monday through Saturday in the pro's - and then you just go out and knock somebody's head off.
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