Edwin Moses Quotes

Succeeding in sport is about how much practise you put in.

When I chose athletics, I knew I wanted to be Olympic champion, and now I have done it in London.

A runner doesn't just show up and win a race. He trains long and hard. Do you just show up every day and hope to win?

Champions aren't made in the ring, they are merely recognized there.

How you run the race - your planning, preparation, practice, and performance - counts for everything. Winning or losing is a by-product, and aftereffect, of that effort.

Gold medals are made out of your sweat, blood and tears, and effort in the gym every day, and sacrificing a lot.

Gold medals are made out of sweat, blood and tears and effort in the gym every day.

We worked so hard, spent so much time in weight room and in camps to be where we are today. We wanted to come out and be as good as any team in the state, to prove we could hang with any team at any time.

Whatever luck I had, I made. I was never a natural athlete, but I paid my dues in sweat and concentration and took the time necessary to learn karate and become world champion.

Everyone else trains just as hard as well and that there really is no such a thing as overnight success.

I would like to cite an instance which proves the efficacy of clean living on the part of an athlete coupled with the inspiration received from a champion which go a long way to making a champion.

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'

A player cannot become a world champion overnight. To become a champion, a player has to sacrifice a lot and to devote much of his time practising and training.

Two days after returning from Montreal, I was training again, and I went on to win two more golds at the 1980 Moscow Olympics.

I don't think you can ask anybody in any walk of life to do anything at a championship level without doing it over and over and over and over and over again in preparation.

I never took things for granted. I always told myself to keep working hard, come to the ballpark ready to play, and one day I'll get a chance to play.

It's doesn't just come overnight, you've got to train for it and believe in yourself; that's the most important thing.

I train to be the champion.

It can be a grind, training and fighting and waiting for your chance. But when that opportunity presents itself, you have to be ready because you never know if or when you'll get another shot.

I tried all my life to be a champion.

Put in the work in every day, put in the work in training, and it will show on the field.

At 15, I went to boxing. That's when I really wanted to be a champion, so that gave me a goal in life, so it kept me focused on training instead of other things.

The one thing about being an athlete, say you are struggling with throwing a comeback route, well, then you go out and practice it. You throw it 100 times a day, and you get better at it, and you see those improvements pretty rapidly.

I really believe if I put my mind in the right place, if I train very hard, if I have good support by my side, I can be the champion again and stay there for a long time.

I dreamed of becoming a world champion, I dreamed of becoming France's champion.