BO JACKSON

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

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.

My workout was running down fly balls, stealing a base, or running for my life on the football field.

Being the 8th out of 10 kids, and being the one that stayed in trouble, I sort of became a momma's boy.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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

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

So you have to be more mentally focused in baseball.

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 love going out and doing new things.

I always wanted to be a pilot.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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