Bo Jackson
Bo Jackson
Vincent Edward "Bo" Jacksonis an American former baseball and football player. He is one of the few athletes to be named an All-Star in two major sports, and the only one to do so in both baseball and football. He is widely considered one of the greatest athletes of all time...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth30 November 1962
CityBessemer, AL
CountryUnited States of America
distance school kids
I was always the fastest and strongest kid in my school so events like the 100 meter and discus throwing attracted me. I could throw the discus for great distance s without the proper spin and throw technique.
kids years six
I've always played with kids that were five, six, seven years older than me.
growing-up kids airports
Growing up as a kid, the back of my house faced a little community airport about four or five miles from my house.
kids avid riders
I have always been an avid bike rider. Even before I became an avid bike rider, I was an avid bike stealer when I was a kid. I am very educated on bikes.
kids play age
My confidence and drive to go play came when I realized how gifted I was at such a young age and how much bigger my build was than the kids my age.
kids long tough
I grew up in a tough neighborhood where a lot of kids were older than me. The older kids decided to pick me on me starting when I was about 6 and it didn't take me long to take a stand for myself.
kids jail cemetery
When I was a kid, everybody in the neighborhood picked me to be the one in jail or be in the cemetery by the time I was 20.
sports fathers-day kids
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.
kids age balls
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.
american-athlete kids school
As a 9th grader, I competed with the high school kids and out of 600 people, I finished 10th.
sports school college
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.
sports running morning
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.
baseball focused
So you have to be more mentally focused in baseball.
hate blow people
I hate to blow my own horn, but I gave a lot of people fits.