Bo Jackson 33 Inspiring Quotes

Bo Jackson, full name Vincent Edward Jackson, is a retired American professional baseball and football player. Because of his versatility, he is regarded as one of the best athletes of all time.

He won the Heisman Trophy while playing collegiate football for the Auburn Tigers. This honor was bestowed upon him in 1985. Similarly, he played in the National Football League for the Los Angeles Raiders and Major League Baseball with the Kansas City Royals, Chicago White Sox, and California Angels. In 1996, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

He is a well-known player, and the following 33 quotes are also well-known. Follow them for a favorable outcome.

1. “Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.”― Bo Jackson

2. “If you have four years to complete your college education, do it.”― Bo Jackson

3. “I love going out and doing new things.”― Bo Jackson

4. “My favorite driver is always either the bad guy or the underdog.”― Bo Jackson

5. “If I miss anything about the sport, it’s the camaraderie of old teammates.”― Bo Jackson

6. “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.”― Bo Jackson

7. “I always wanted to be a pilot.”― Bo Jackson

8. “WHENEVER I WASN’T WATCHING THE PLANES, I WAS PLAYING COMMUNITY BASEBALL, FOOTBALL, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.”― BO JACKSON

9. “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.”― Bo Jackson

10. “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.”― Bo Jackson

11. “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.”― Bo Jackson

12. “I am a firm believer in if you can’t get it the old fashioned way, you don’t need it.”― Bo Jackson

13. “Back before I injured my hip, I thought going to the gym was for wimps.”― Bo Jackson

14. “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.”― Bo Jackson

15. “First of all, I really never imagined myself being a professional athlete.”― Bo Jackson

16. “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

17. “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.”― Bo Jackson

18. “You have a lot of people on the run and really don’t have time to sit down and eat a balanced meal.”― Bo Jackson

19. “My workout was running down fly balls, stealing a base, or running for my life on the football field.”― Bo Jackson

20. “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.”― BO JACKSON

21. “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

22. “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.”― Bo Jackson

23. “So you have to be more mentally focused in baseball.”― Bo Jackson

24. “I hate to blow my own horn, but I gave a lot of people fits.”― Bo Jackson

25. “As a 9th grader, I competed with the high school kids and out of 600 people, I finished 10th.”― Bo Jackson

26. “I was always active – I went from baseball to football. I didn’t have time to work out.”― Bo Jackson

27. “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.”― Bo Jackson

28. “So, I got a lot of recruitment letters from track.”― Bo Jackson

29. “Being the 8th out of 10 kids, and being the one that stayed in trouble, I sort of became a momma’s boy.”― Bo Jackson

30. “I’ve always played with kids that were five, six, seven years older than me.”― Bo Jackson

31. “In baseball, I was a pitcher, which I hated because there was no action there.”― Bo Jackson

32. “Really, it’s not harder to train for them because once baseball starts you play everyday almost.”― Bo Jackson

33. “So, baseball is probably more physical of the two mentally.”― Bo Jackson

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