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Moses made winning look easy

By Larry Schwartz
Special to ESPN.com

Tuesday, August 29, 2000

"It's like a movie star, you see him, you like him, you're a fan, but you don't get that close," says Andre Phillips, 1988 Olympic gold medalist in the 400-meter hurdles, about Edwin Moses on ESPN Classic's SportsCentury series. Who ever thought that the kid in grade school who built volcanoes, dissected frogs, collected fossils and launched homemade rockets would become one of the most distinguished track athletes in history? Even in high school, the serious youngster himself had no illusio ...

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