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I’d noticed him watching me for a year or so, especially when we’d play games where there was running or jumping.

Jesse Owens

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
A lifetime of training for just ten seconds.
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Life Time Training
One chance is all you need.
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Chance Need One Liner Oneself Yourself
I wanted no part of politics. And I wasn’t in Berlin to compete against any one athlete. The purpose of the Olympics, anyway, was to do your best. As I’d learned long ago from Charles Riley, the only victory that counts is the one over yourself.
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Athlete Learning Myself Politics Purpose Victory
When I passed the Chancellor he arose, waved his hand at me, and I waved back at him. I think the writers showed bad taste in criticizing the man of the hour in Germany.
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Hands Himself Man Myself Thinking
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
I had four gold medals, but you can’t eat four gold medals.
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Eat Gold Myself Reward
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
We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.
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Dedication Determination Discipline Dream Effort Reality
I realized now that militancy in the best sense of the word was the only answer where the black man was concerned, that any black man who wasn’t a militant in 1970 was either blind or a coward.
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Best Black Man Myself Oppression Word
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
For a time, at least, I was the most famous person in the entire world.
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Person Time World
It all goes so fast, and character makes the difference when it’s close.
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Character Difference Fast
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
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

I’d noticed him watching me for a year or so, especially when we’d play games where there was running or jumping.

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