"I ran my first race the end of March, 1976. And less than four months later I was Olympic champion. But I had the background. It's not like I just ran one day and all of a sudden became a champion. It was a lot of work."

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Source : "Olympian Edwin Moses Helps Kids Clear Their Own Hurdles". "Here And Now" with Meghna Chakrabarti, www.npr.org. August 20, 2013.

Edwin Moses

#Race Quotes #Champion Quotes #One Day Quotes

“Recently I've been doing risottos. Some of them have been amazing. Some of them, not all of them.”
“It was one thing to hide away from the world. It was quite another to discover the world didn't miss you when you were gone.”

Source : A. Lee Martinez (2007). “In the Company of Ogres”, p.139, Macmillan
“It may not be too late, whatever happens, if our President, Lyndon Johnson, knew the truth from me. But if I am eliminated, there won't be any way of knowing.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“It is the true nature of mankind to learn from mistakes, not from example.”
“The World requires at least ten years to understand a new idea, however important or simple it may be.”

Source : Sir Ronald Ross (1910). “The Prevention of Malaria”
“A great many complimentary things have been said about the faculty of memory, and if you look in a good quotation book you will find them neatly arranged.”
“Seeds carry life from generation to generation without end. Through the seeds speak the voices of the ancestors. Each time we plant a seed, we become ancestors for the generations to come.”
“While He [the Lord Jesus] was sitting alone by the well, 'There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water' (John 4:7). As man, the Lord was thirsty, and saw that someone who was naturally thirsty was coming to quench her thirst. As God, however, He also saw that her heart was athirst for the water of salvation, although she did not know Him Who could give it to her. So He hastened to reveal Himself to her longing soul for, as it is written, He Himself longs for those who long for Him (cf. Ps. 9:10; Prov. 7:15).”

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