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Bo says hip injury was a blessing

Associated Press

Thursday, August 27, 2009

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Bo Jackson wouldn't change a thing. The 1985 Heisman Trophy winner told about 300 people attending a College Football Hall of Fame luncheon Thursday that people often tell him how sorry they are that his football and baseball careers were cut short by a hip injury he sustained in 1991. "Don't be sorry for me. It was a blessing in disguise," he said. "We as humans have to realize that God puts speed bumps in our road of life. My speed bump was me injuring myself. I've gotten ...

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