I always had to keep improving my skills in order to remain competitive and keep winning. Edwin Moses Read Quote
One of my major competitors was Harold Smith. Smith beat me in 1977. I was loafing during that competition. Edwin Moses Read Quote
I was black, studying physics and engineering. I was from a small school nobody ever heard of. Edwin Moses Read Quote
I found ways to maintain my performance through working with professionals and doing things that other people weren’t doing. Later in my career, I had a great physical therapist who kept me out on the track. We were doing innovative things like ice baths back in the early ’80s when everyone else thought it was crazy. Edwin Moses Read Quote
Nobody can walk on a track and beat me unless they have an extraordinary day and I have a bad day, which I keep from happening. Edwin Moses Read Quote
