Quotes from Bo Jackson


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    Whenever I wasn't watching the planes, I was playing community baseball, football, or something like that.

    Community | Football


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

    Work | Time | Football


    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.

    College | Year | High


    I always wanted to be a pilot.

    Pilot


    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.

    College | High | Tried


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

    Underdog | Favorite | Driver


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

    Baseball | Mentally | Physical


    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.

    Problem | Run | Field


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

    Older | Seven | Five


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

    Hate | Gave | Horn


    You have a lot of people on the run and really don't have time to sit down and eat a balanced meal.

    Time | Eat | Run


    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.

    Morning | Run | Stretching


    So you have to be more mentally focused in baseball.

    Baseball | Focused | Mentally


    So, I got a lot of recruitment letters from track.

    Track | Letters


    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.

    Life | Football | Baseball


    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.

    Time | Past | Golf


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

    Baseball | Action | Hated


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

    Motivational | Goals | Stop


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

    Athlete | Imagined


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

    Trouble | Boy | Momma


       

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