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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: 62
Born: 1962
Born: November 30
Actor
American Football Player
Athletics Competitor
Banker
Baseball Player
Football Player
Bessemer
Alabama
Vincent Edward Jackson
Vincent Edward Bo Jackson
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Mom
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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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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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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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The first game was against Wake Forrest - I'll never forget that game.
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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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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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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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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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Don't plan to repent at the 11th hour - you may die at 10:30.
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Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there.
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My confidence and drive to go play came when I realized how gifted I was at such a young age and how much bigger my build was than the kids my age.
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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 was always the fastest and strongest kid in my school so events like the 100 meter and discus throwing attracted me. I could throw the discus for great distance s without the proper spin and throw technique.
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I took a lot of things for granted - especially how I treated my body.
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It is better to give a lick than receive one.
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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 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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My favorite driver is always either the bad guy or the underdog.
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I hate to blow my own horn, but I gave a lot of people fits.
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