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I always had to keep improving my skills in order to remain competitive and keep winning. ↗

— Edwin Moses

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

— Edwin Moses

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I wanted to go to medical school. But, I never got a college scholarship. ↗

— Edwin Moses

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I write about what I'm going through. ↗

— Kesha

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My father cared about the world he lived in, and so he admitted his confusion about his place in America because he didn't want me to make the same mistake in my life. ↗

— Walter Mosley

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

— Edwin Moses

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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. ↗

— Edwin Moses

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My father was an all-American football player. ↗

— Edwin Moses

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One of my major competitors was Harold Smith. Smith beat me in 1977. I was loafing during that competition. ↗

— Edwin Moses

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My father's life was so decimated by his earliest experiences. His mother died when he was 7 years old, which he always said was the worst experience in his life. When he was 8, his father disappeared and he was on his own from the age of 8. ↗

— Walter Mosley

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