Edwin Moses Quotes

• Concentration is why some athletes are better than others. You develop that concentration in training and concentrate in a meet.

  Edwin Moses

  Motivational, Inspirational Sports, Athlete

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• I always had to keep improving my skills in order to remain competitive and keep winning.

  Edwin Moses

  Winning, Order, Skills

  Interview with Paul Schienberg, psychedonline.com. July 1, 2002.

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• You have to have already convinced yourself that you are going to win no matter what other influences are.

  Edwin Moses

  Winning, Matter, Influence

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• I don't really see the hurdles. I sense them like a memory.

  Edwin Moses

  Confidence, Memories, Hurdle

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• There are so many people afraid of a task. They get so overwhelmed by the obstacles in front of them that they shy away from reaching beyond a position of safety.

  Edwin Moses

  People, Safety, Tasks

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• I ran my first race the end of March, 1976. And less than four months later I was Olympic champion. But I had the background. It's not like I just ran one day and all of a sudden became a champion. It was a lot of work.

  Edwin Moses

  Race, Champion, One Day

  "Olympian Edwin Moses Helps Kids Clear Their Own Hurdles". "Here And Now" with Meghna Chakrabarti, www.npr.org. August 20, 2013.

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• I never struggled with injury problems because of my preparation - in particular my stretching.

  Edwin Moses

  Preparation, Problem, Injury

  Interview with Paul Schienberg, psychedonline.com. July 1, 2002.

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• I used biomechanics to save time when I was competing.

  Edwin Moses

  Used, Competing

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• No one runs fast without an extreme amount of training. Like today, you see kids walking around dribbling a basketball. I had a bag with track shoes in it, and I used to go to the track every day.

  Edwin Moses

  Basketball, Running, Kids

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• In digital world, sport provides opportunity to bring people together.

  Edwin Moses

  Sports, Opportunity, People

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• I overcame size with mechanics.

  Edwin Moses

  Size, Mechanic

  Interview with Paul Schienberg, psychedonline.com. July 1, 2002.

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• One of my major competitors was Harold Smith. Smith beat me in 1977. I was loafing during that competition.

  Edwin Moses

  Competition, Beats, Competitors

  Interview with Paul Schienberg, psychedonline.com. July 1, 2002.

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• I was always more of an academic than a jock.

  Edwin Moses

  Jocks, Academic

  Interview with Paul Schienberg, psychedonline.com. July 1, 2002.

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• I always got my work done before playing.

  Edwin Moses

  Done, Work Done

  Interview with Paul Schienberg, psychedonline.com. July 1, 2002.

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• Stretching was a major part of my preparation.

  Edwin Moses

  Preparation, Stretching, Majors

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• My father was also a principal of a school and mother was a curriculum advisor. Both were educators.

  Edwin Moses

  Mother, Father, School

  Interview with Paul Schienberg, psychedonline.com. July 1, 2002.

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• Lots of people let it go by and never accomplish what they want. I just wanted to see what I could do.

  Edwin Moses

  People, Let It Go, Want

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• I wanted to go to medical school. But, I never got a college scholarship.

  Edwin Moses

  School, College, Medical

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• Both parents supported my becoming a world class athlete.

  Edwin Moses

  Athlete, Class, Parent

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• Social ills: teenage pregnancy, gangs, children with behavioral problems. All these things can be alleviated if kids got more physical activity for starters.

  Edwin Moses

  Children, Teenage, Pregnancy

  "Olympian Edwin Moses Helps Kids Clear Their Own Hurdles". "Here and Now" with Meghna Chakrabarti, www.npr.org. August 20, 2013.

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• I didn't get an athletics scholarship at a major school.

  Edwin Moses

  School, Scholarship, Athletics

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• I was always a mean and lean athlete - not tall - not large.

  Edwin Moses

  Athlete, Mean, Tall

  Interview with Paul Schienberg, psychedonline.com. July 1, 2002.

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• 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.

  Edwin Moses

  Track, Important, Joints

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• I went to Moorehouse College. There was no track and field there.

  Edwin Moses

  College, Track, Track And Field

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• My father was an all-American football player.

  Edwin Moses

  Football, Father, Player

  Interview with Paul Schienberg, psychedonline.com. July 1, 2002.

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