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"I began to use it to my advantage. Being in pain from the start made me sharp and on edge and well motivated. I had no fear of what lay ahead. I was already suffering. My opponents had all that to look 'forward' to but they didn't know when it would ambush them in the race.
"Sometimes,also, it was very bad and it was as if I raced so fast just to get the race over so I could stretch out on the floor or the bed to get comfortable. The mind can overcome great setbacks and make a person very strong."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/ot...y-pain-was-never-a-barrier-for-fast-Eddy.html
There were 525 wins in his 1,582 career races, a 33 per cent success rate and on average a win every week for 10 years.
"Sometimes,also, it was very bad and it was as if I raced so fast just to get the race over so I could stretch out on the floor or the bed to get comfortable. The mind can overcome great setbacks and make a person very strong."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/ot...y-pain-was-never-a-barrier-for-fast-Eddy.html
There were 525 wins in his 1,582 career races, a 33 per cent success rate and on average a win every week for 10 years.