Bo Jackson quotes
Actually this weekend I have to buy my girl track shoes - following in her dad's footsteps.
Actually, I think they were about the same because I lettered in all sports, and I was a two-time state decathlon champion.
As a 9th grader, I competed with the high school kids and out of 600 people, I finished 10th.
Back before I injured my hip, I thought going to the gym was for wimps.
Being the 8th out of 10 kids, and being the one that stayed in trouble, I sort of became a momma's boy.
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.
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.
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.
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.
First of all, I really never imagined myself being a professional athlete.
Growing up as a kid, the back of my house faced a little community airport about four or five miles from my house.
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 always wanted to be a pilot.
I am a firm believer in if you can't get it the old fashioned way, you don't need it.
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.
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