KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Bo Jackson has been all around the world because of his athletic prowess. But he calls Kansas City his home. Eight months after the franchise's first World Series crown, the Kansas City Royals selected dual-sport star Bo Jackson in the fourth round of the 1986 MLB Draft. Kansas City hosts MLB training camp for aspiring professional umpires The Heisman Trophy-winning running back out of Auburn spurned the Tampa Bay Buccaneers who drafted him first overall in the 1986 NFL Draft in favor of playing for the Royals. Jackson only spent 53 games in the minor leagues before he made his major league debut against the Chicago White Sox on Sept. 2. His first at-bat was against future Hall of Fame lefty Steve Carlton, an at-bat he remembers well. Including the foul ball that could've been a home run at Kauffman Stadium. "I think that was a home run, but they called it foul," Jackson said. "Came back, got up, two hopper to second base and beat it out. And I can tell you what [Royals HOF] Willie Wilson said when I got back to the dugout. It was fun. "I look back at those days. My first big league hit was off of a Hall of Famer. Got to first base, he looked at me and tipped his hat, which he acknowledged the fact that that was almost like saying, 'Welcome to big leagues, welcome to the show.' And everything else, since that has been uphill for me." Temwa’s record-setting night helps Current beat Dash, break NWSL record Uphill is an understatement for the uber-athletic Jackson who spent one part of the year dazzling baseball fans and another part of the year leaving football fans in awe as a RB for the Los Angeles Raiders. Jackson's biggest year for the Royals came in 1989 when he was an American League All-Star and the MVP of the All-Star game. He ended that season with 32 home runs and 105 RBIs including a homer in his first at-bat of the season. After leading the Royals with 28 homers in 1990, Jackson compiled 460 hits, 109 home runs, and 313 RBIs in his five years with the Royals. It took three decades after Jackson retired in 1994, but on Saturday, Jackson, along with former general managers John Schuerholz and Cedric Tallis, was inducted into the Royals Hall of Fame. With his three-year-old grandson Aidan sitting next to him, Jackson reminisced on his playing days in a city that he's proud to return to. "This is where I became a man in the sports world," he said. "What it means to me is that my family has welcomed me back home. "The city of Kansas City molded me to where I am now. I can't do anything but give thanks, not only to the city but the people of the Royals who believed in me." Jackson credited former Royals director of scouting Art Stewart and former scout Kenny Gonzales who drafted Jackson for helping him get where is. "It's just not me. There's a whole army of people that's responsible for me being here right now." Amos Otis, Willie Wilson, Denny Matthews, George Toma, Ned Yost and George Brett were some of the Royals Hall of Famers who were in attendance for Jackson's induction ceremony. Jackson is not a former athlete who reminisces on all of the accomplishments of his younger days. But he keeps busy as an ambassador for the Royals, running his multitude of businesses with his family, and speaking to Royals players at spring training. "When you're on vacation, how many times you think about an interview when you sit down on a boat?" "I was good for sports but sports was great for Bo Jackson," he said. "I wouldn't be here right now if it weren't for it." But he has no choice but to watch his highlights of himself breaking bats and running up outfield walls. Because that's all Aidan wants to do. Bo's wife and Aidan's grandmother, Linda, asks him what he wants to watch when he visits their home. "Bo Jackson," Aidan said softly as Jackson encouraged him to speak louder. Aidan also gave a demonstration of him breaking an imaginary bat over his head that was met with laughter from media members. "And that's every day, all day. His NaNa told him a couple of weeks ago, 'I'm sick of watching Bo Jackson highlights'. He chastised his grandmother and said 'NaNa don't say that about Pawpaw. Pawpaw is my best friend.'" FOX4 Sports: Read more Chiefs, Royals, Sporting, Current news Of all of the incredible athletic feats that Jackson has done throughout his time in KC, his favorite memory is of a story that may not even be true. Jackson claims that he was thrown out of a game against the Milwaukee Brewers on July 21, 1990, in the first inning and left the stadium to pick up Popeyes for his wife and spend time with her at the hospital after the birth of their daughter Morgan. The Royals played the Boston Red Sox on that day and Jackson did not play in that game. Regardless of the truthfulness of the story, the Jackson family spent their time in the KC area eating out in Overland Park, eating Gates BBQ, and visiting Kauffman Stadium for the first time in decades. "It's just coming back here and doing stuff that we would do even if it's just like going back home down South. Come back, hang out, get with some friends, enjoy the event. Enjoy everything that's going on." Jackson's professional sports career ended early with injuries but he made his mark during the peak of his powers in the NFL and the MLB, especially in Kansas City. That is one of the things that he is most proud of when he looks back. KC Current, Make-A-Wish Foundation make 4-year-old’s dream come true "When I see people wearing my jersey, in this day and age, it means one thing to me: that I did something right. And people still respect me for doing those right things when I was younger," he said. "There are so many things out there right now to where these young players, there is so much out there for them to chase after, get into that we didn't know anything about. A lot of kids will make the wrong decisions. For me, I'm just fortunate enough and thankful enough that I had a group of people around me that cared about me as a person instead of the athlete."