Bo Jackson Quotes

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Bo Jackson

Profession : Baseball Player

Birth : November 30, 1962

Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there.

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I would say my greatest achievement in life right now - my greatest achievement period is - and I'm still trying to achieve it - is to be a wonderful father to my kids.

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I always wanted to be a pilot.

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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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My workout was running down fly balls, stealing a base, or running for my life on the football field.

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If I miss anything about the sport, it's the camaraderie of old teammates.

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I hate to blow my own horn, but I gave a lot of people fits.

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If you have four years to complete your college education, do it.

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As a 9th grader, I competed with the high school kids and out of 600 people, I finished 10th.

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I also tell them that your education can take you way farther than a football, baseball, track, or basketball will - that's just the bottom line.

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Back before I injured my hip, I thought going to the gym was for wimps.

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I was a pitcher, shortstop and outfielder, and the Yankees tried to sign me out of high school as a first-round draft pick in 1981. I turned them down to go to college.

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First of all, I really never imagined myself being a professional athlete.

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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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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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Being the 8th out of 10 kids, and being the one that stayed in trouble, I sort of became a momma's boy.

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I love going out and doing new things.

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I was always active - I went from baseball to football. I didn't have time to work out.

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It occurred to me in my junior year of high school. I got my first letter from a big college. I still have that letter to this day - a letter from Indiana.

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I have been a fan all my life, but now I have been out of football for over 10 years, and out of baseball for a little over six years and I don't go to games.

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