Bo Jackson

“If I miss anything about the sport, it's the camaraderie of old teammates.”

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

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

“Really, it's not harder to train for them because once baseball starts you play everyday almost.”

“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.”

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

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

“I love going out and doing new things.”

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

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

“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.”

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

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