64 Quotes by Edwin Moses

No one asked an artist who was great in his 20s and 30s why he was still painting in his 40s and 50s,

Maybe he could have just been plain tired, burned out. Lane 1 will do that to you.

I think with this whole influx into immediacy -- everyone is short term in their outlook. I made a tremendous commitment by not being able to go to medical school and not finishing all that I wanted to do in my engineering career. So I put everything into track and field. And just the passion I have for the sport, I never imagined I would be as good as I was. Once I realized I was that great, I put everything into maintaining it.

My main problem is going to be cardiovascular training and preventing injuries,

I think most of it is really mental, because I ran against a lot of individuals who were probably more physically talented. But I was able to outsmart them and out-think them and out-prepare them.

A lot of the guys now are 400/200 type of runners. I don't think, being a 400-meter runner, you can sustain long-term performance in the event with just speed type of training. No one has ever been able to do it. So I think it is harder for them to stay in condition year round, especially for big meets, end-of-season major competitions and things.

If I'm able to run 49 seconds, I'll be really blessed. 'Cause it is really hard on the body. I'm not gonna even pretend that I can be at that level, 'cause I'm not gonna hurt myself doing this. I'm gonna make it fun.

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

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