The Last Folk Hero Quotes

“Recalled Chuck Clanton, a junior cornerback: “When I saw him the first time I was like, ‘Jesus Christ, what the fuck is that?’ When he walked, his thighs naturally rubbed together. There was no fat. None. He had Earl Campbell thighs. But he was faster than Earl Campbell. If he had three percent body fat, that’d be a lot. He was all muscle. Like a tank from the future.”
― Jeff Pearlman, The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson

“It was, of course, hypocritical nonsense. In Jackson’s four years at Auburn, football season ticket applications increased by 1,700 annually. The school was making millions off of his presence, his likeness, his replica jersey, his name on stickers and pins and hats. A year earlier Jackson was prevented from appearing at the American Heart Association’s “Walk for the Health of It” walkathon because it would violate “The Rules.” Which rules? No one was sure. But there were rules. Plenty of rules. “The SEC clings to its pompous eligibility rules,” wrote Bob Wojnowski in Florida Today, “like a bum clings to his dignity.”
― Jeff Pearlman, The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson

“Julian Mock, a Cincinnati Reds scout, filed a report to the organization that included these words on a Post-it: “He’s the only guy I’ve ever seen who can hit it 400 feet, run and catch it before it comes down and throw it back to where it came from.”
― Jeff Pearlman, The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson

“Rex Parker, who had a very brief tenure as the team’s fourth quarterback, recalled an afternoon when Jackson charged him from the defensive end. “He hit me,” Parker said, “and my ancestry shook.”
― Jeff Pearlman, The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson