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The only bond worth anything between human beings is their humanness.

Jesse Owens

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
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
The secret is, first, get a thoroughbred horse because they are the most nervous animals on earth. Then get the biggest gun you can find and make sure the starter fires that big gun right by the nervous thoroughbred’s ear.
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Animal Right Secret Start Weapon
The only bond worth anything between human beings is their humanness.
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Bond Human Relationship Worth
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
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
A lifetime of training for just ten seconds.
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Life Time Training
Life doesn’t give you all the practice races you need.
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Life Need Practice Yourself
The only victory that counts is the one over yourself.
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Inspirational Oneself Victory Yourself
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
I always loved running. It was something you could do by yourself and under your own power.
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Love Myself Power Run Sports Yourself
Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.
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Friendship Reward
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 all goes so fast, and character makes the difference when it’s close.
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Character Difference Fast
One chance is all you need.
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Chance Need One Liner Oneself Yourself
Friendships born on the field of athletic strife are the real gold of competition. Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.
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Athletics Born Friendship Gold Reality

The only bond worth anything between human beings is their humanness.

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