Bo Jackson Quotes

I think it's important to stretch as you get older, but I try to do basically all the things I did when I played, except I can't do them as well and as much.

As you grow older, it's harder to stay fit. Every day you wake up with pain, muscle aches which you don't know you had. I have to work harder on me than I used to when I was 18 years old. It takes me longer to recover now.

I can still run in a straight line, and I can still throw a punch.

Once in a while, when I'm out on the lawn, I'll jump around and do a couple of things. Here's a secret: The older you get, the more difficult it gets. The smallest little injury stays with you for so long. But that's how it goes, and it doesn't stop me. I'm always ready to do something that hurts a little!

The most important thing is posture: when you get old, it's the way you walk, the way you stand, that shows it.

I get on the floor, and I can do things a woman a fifth my age can't do.

All physical activity begins with the body's core. I maintain the strength in my core so that I can jump, run, start, stop, and accelerate at the highest levels.

As long as I am able to compete physically with the younger players, I am going to play.

I don't jog anymore 'cuz my knees hurt and stuff like that. I walk a lot and I am really slowing down walking.

As you get older, things don't work as well. I do Pilates, and that helps.

The older you get, it is harder to prepare physically, even if you have all the experience in the world. You're more sore the next day, you can't pack in as much, and you have to train smarter. You have to pay attention to more subtle things like your warmup routine or core work.

When my knee feels good, I'm always going to feel I can do more.

It doesn't matter who you are, if you've got the legs, you can hang with them.

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

The body doesn't recover like it does when you're younger.

So many older people, they just sit around all day long and they don't get any exercise. Their muscles atrophy, and they lose their strength, their energy and vitality by inactivity.

I love athletics. As an athlete, I like to believe I can still do the things I used to do when I was once young.

If I could change on thing about myself, I would: Have better knees. Mine are shot because of injuries. You're only as good as your legs, whether you're an athlete or an actor.

The most important thing to do as you age is to stay physically active. Lots of people just throw in the towel if they can't do what they used to do, and that's terrible.

I'm just trying to keep my mind and my body active. The tough part about it is that physically I'm sort of limited.

I grew up an athlete. Track and field and dance. In track, I actually went to the Junior Olympics. I've always been very athletic.

The joint lubrication was not what it was when I was competing, and I decided that not having arthritis or rheumatism for the rest of my life was a lot more important to me than returning to the track.

I like a man who can run faster than I can.

I retired from rugby because I was old and getting really slow.

I asked Fred Astaire once when he was about my age if he still danced, and he said 'Yes, but it hurts now.' That's exactly it. I can still dance, too, but it hurts now!