Edwin Moses Quotes

In athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It's not 'if;' it's 'how.'

The person who has the will to undergo all labor may win any goal.

I've always found that anything worth achieving will always have obstacles in the way and you've got to have that drive and determination to overcome those obstacles on route to whatever it is that you want to accomplish.

There's a big difference between where I came from and the NFL. Things like this don't happen to people from there often. It just took a lot of hard work and dedication, staying on the right path, believing in myself, and having an inner drive.

When you drop the ball, it's not about, 'Oh, he can't catch,' or none of that. If you put time into something, of course you can catch. I wouldn't have got drafted if I couldn't.

People's passion and dedication can conquer anything.

I want to inspire other young kids, no matter what their background is or where they're from or anything like that, that they can go out there and, if you work hard, you can do anything.

If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere. That's why I play. If I made it in New York, you can make it anywhere.

Perseverance is a great element of success.

Hard work and determination equals success. Nothing comes easy. Put your mind to something.

Keep working hard and you can get anything that you want. If God gave you the talent, you should go for it. But don't think it's going to be easy. It's hard!

Long shots do come in and hard work, dedication and perseverance will overcome almost any prejudice and open almost any door.

Success doesn't come to you; you must go to it. The trail is well traveled. If you want to walk it, you can.

A lot of people think that success is luck and being in the right place at the right time. But I think if you’re willing to work harder than anybody else, you can create an awful lot of your own luck.

I use discipline and focus as my greatest weapons.

So long as there is breath in me, that long I will persist. For now I know one of the greatest principles on success; if I persist long enough I will win.

The most successful people in the world aren't usually the brightest. They are the ones who persevere.

Opportunity follows struggle. It follows effort. It follows hard work. It doesn't come before.

Luck favors the people who are willing to grind it out.

I don't have Romário's technique, [Marc] Overmars' pace or [Patrick] Kluivert's strength. But I work harder than the others. I'm like the student who is not as clever, but revises for his exams and does OK in the end.

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.

The world is yours and everything in it, it's out there- get on your grind and get it.

Willpower is that thing CEOs and professional athletes tell us they used to make it to the top.

It's very simple: When you're working your hardest, the world opens up to you.