Top 20 Quotes by Edwin Moses

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

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

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

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

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

My father was an all-American football player.

I overcame size with mechanics.

Both parents supported my becoming a world class athlete.

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.

I was always more of an academic than a jock.