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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. "

Bo Jackson

Football

Baseball

Life

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

" I've always played with kids that were five, six, seven years older than me. "

" 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. "

" I guarantee you that's what Jeff Gordon does. He uses everything the fans throw at him to stoke his fire and it drives him to be better at what he does. "

" I always wanted to be a pilot. "

" So you have to be more mentally focused in baseball. "

" 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. "

" Really, it's not harder to train for them because once baseball starts you play everyday almost. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

Bo Jackson

Day

School

" In baseball, I was a pitcher, which I hated because there was no action there. "

" I am a firm believer in if you can't get it the old fashioned way, you don't need it. "

" 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. "

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

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

" My favorite driver is always either the bad guy or the underdog. "

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

" 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. "

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

" So, baseball is probably more physical of the two mentally. "