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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.

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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Football Player
Bessemer
Alabama
Vincent Edward Jackson
Vincent Edward Bo Jackson
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Football is easy if you're crazy as hell.
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I'm the type of person, I cross the bridges once I get to 'em. I don't try to plan my life three, four months in advance, because you don't know if tomorrow's promised to you.
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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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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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The first game was against Wake Forrest - I'll never forget that game.
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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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Back before I injured my hip, I thought going to the gym was for wimps.
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I've always played with kids that were five, six, seven years older than me.
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I took a lot of things for granted - especially how I treated my body.
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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 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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Really, it's not harder to train for them because once baseball starts you play everyday almost.
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It is better to give a lick than receive one.
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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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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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But now, I get up every morning and go to the gym because I don't like waking up stiff or in pain and wondering if my hip is going to hurt me.
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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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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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