Top 33 Quotes by Bo Jackson

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.