A biography for Bo Jacksonhasn’t been written yet.
“I've always played with kids that were five, six, seven years older than me.”
“I always wanted to be a pilot.”
“Back before I injured my hip, I thought going to the gym was for wimps.”
“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.”
“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 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.”
“As a 9th grader, I competed with the high school kids and out of 600 people, I finished 10th.”
“I was always active - I went from baseball to football. I didn't have time to work out.”
“So, I got a lot of recruitment letters from track.”
“My workout was running down fly balls, stealing a base, or running for my life on the football field.”
“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.”
“So you have to be more mentally focused in baseball.”
“Being the 8th out of 10 kids, and being the one that stayed in trouble, I sort of became a momma's boy.”