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Bo Jackson

(1962) Baseball Player United States

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Bo Jackson is a baseball player from the United States, best known for Beggar's Bread.

Quick Facts About Bo Jackson

Born: November 30, 1962
Nationality: United States
Profession: Baseball Player
Notable works: Beggar's Bread

About Bo Jackson

Vincent Edward "Bo" Jackson is an American former professional baseball and football player. He is the only professional athlete in history to have been named an All-Star in two major American sports. Jackson's achievements at the elite levels of multiple sports have given him a reputation as one of the greatest athletes of all time.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Heisman Trophy Major League Baseball All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award Walter Camp Award Chic Harley Award UPI College Football Player of the Year

Quotes by Bo Jackson · Page 2

I would say my greatest achievement in life right now - my greatest achievement period is - and I'm still trying to…

Achieve

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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…

Age

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

Goals

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

Baseball

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

Balanced

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The first game was against Wake Forrest - I'll never forget that game.

Firsts

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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…

College

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

Blow

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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,…

Bridges

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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…

College

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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…

Able

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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…

Airports

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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…

Loses

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Well, back when I was training, probably the only nutritious thing on the market was Gatorade - that's all that we knew.

Back when

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It is better to give a lick than receive one.

Giving

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It is better to give a lick than receive one. If anybody got in my way, I tried to run right through…

Football

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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…

Five

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

Children

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“Set your goals high, and don't stop until you get there.”

Goals

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I always wanted to be a pilot.

Wanted

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

Letters

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

College

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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…

Age

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I have always been an avid bike rider. Even before I became an avid bike rider, I was an avid bike stealer…

Avid

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It's all about the attitude, gut, heart and determination to go out and give 120% every time to try and help the…

Attitude

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