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After I came home from the 1936 Olympics with my four medals, it became increasingly apparent that everyone was going to slap me on the back, want to shake my hand or have me up to their suite. But no one was going to offer me a job.

Jesse Owens

If you don’t try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody’s back yard.
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Inspirational Win Yourself
I fought, I fought harder, but one cell at a time, panic crept into my body, taking me over.
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Body Fight Hard Time Myself Time
I let my feet spend as little time on the ground as possible. From the air, fast down, and from the ground, fast up.
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Myself Possible Sports Time
Only by Gods grace have I made it to see today and only by Gods grace will I ever see tomorrow.
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Future God Gratitude Myself See
If you don’t try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody’s back yard. The thrill of competing carries with it the thrill of a gold medal. One wants to win to prove himself the best.
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Best Himself Oneself Reward Thrill Win Yourself
It’s like having a pet dog for a long time. You get attached to it, and when it dies you miss it.
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Animal Attachment Death Dog Time
Find the good. It’s all around you. Find it, showcase it and you’ll start believing in it.
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Believe Goodness Start Yourself
It was bad enough to have toppled from the Olympic heights to make my living competing with animals. But the competition wasn’t even fair. No man could beat a race horse, not even for 100 yards.
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Animal Bad Enough Live Man Myself Race
The lives of most men are patchwork quilts. Or at best one matching outfit with a closet and laundry bag full of incongruous accumulations. A lifetime of training for just ten seconds.
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Best Life Live Man Oneself Time Training
After I came home from the 1936 Olympics with my four medals, it became increasingly apparent that everyone was going to slap me on the back, want to shake my hand or have me up to their suite. But no one was going to offer me a job.
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Hands Home Job Myself Oneself Reward
The battles that count aren’t the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself – the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us – that’s where it’s at.
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Battle Gold Oneself Reward Struggle
Hitler didn’t snub me – it was our president who snubbed me. The president didn’t even send me a telegram.
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Myself Ourselves President
When I came back, after all those stories about Hitler and his snub, I came back to my native country, and I could not ride in the front of the bus. I had to go to the back door. I couldn’t live where I wanted. Now what’s the difference?
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Country Difference Live Myself Story
I had four gold medals, but you can’t eat four gold medals.
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Eat Gold Myself Reward
The only victory that counts is the one over yourself.
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Inspirational Oneself Victory Yourself
People come out to see you perform and you’ve got to give them the best you have within you.
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Best People Performance See Yourself

After I came home from the 1936 Olympics with my four medals, it became increasingly apparent that everyone was going to slap me on the back, want to shake my hand or have me up to their suite. But no one was going to offer me a job.

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After I came home from the 1936 Olympics with my four medals, it became increasingly apparent that everyone was going to slap me on the back, want to shake my hand or have me up to their suite. But no one was going to offer me a job.

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