Edwin Moses Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by Edwin Moses:

My father was an all-American football player.
~Edwin Moses


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I was always a mean and lean athlete - not tall - not large.
~Edwin Moses


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In digital world, sport provides opportunity to bring people together.
~Edwin Moses


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I was always more of an academic than a jock.
~Edwin Moses


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


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I always had to keep improving my skills in order to remain competitive and keep winning.
~Edwin Moses


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/edwin-moses-quotes/#882a82f3

I always got my work done before playing.
~Edwin Moses


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/edwin-moses-quotes/#6707118f

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/edwin-moses-quotes/#207cf98a

I overcame size with mechanics.
~Edwin Moses


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/edwin-moses-quotes/#1019d776

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


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Both parents supported my becoming a world class athlete.
~Edwin Moses


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/edwin-moses-quotes/#bdb671a0

I wanted to go to medical school. But, I never got a college scholarship.
~Edwin Moses


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/edwin-moses-quotes/#b8ef9675

In particular, I studied German and Russian biomechanics.
~Edwin Moses


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/edwin-moses-quotes/#9fed08af

I never struggled with injury problems because of my preparation - in particular my stretching.
~Edwin Moses


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/edwin-moses-quotes/#eb1df3d7

I didn't get an athletics scholarship at a major school.
~Edwin Moses


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/edwin-moses-quotes/#d14abe40

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/edwin-moses-quotes/#293f7240

I went to Moorehouse College. There was no track and field there.
~Edwin Moses


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/edwin-moses-quotes/#ba011307

My concentration level blocks out everything. Concentration is why some athletes are better than others. You develop that concentration in training and concentrate in a meet.
~Edwin Moses


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/edwin-moses-quotes/#0c070696

I used biomechanics to save time when I was competing.
~Edwin Moses


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/edwin-moses-quotes/#1a4aba1e

Stretching was a major part of my preparation.
~Edwin Moses


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/edwin-moses-quotes/#7df23519

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