64 Quotes by Edwin Moses

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

My father was an all-American football player.

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.

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

I overcame size with mechanics.

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

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.

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.

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