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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.

Jesse Owens

I decided I wasn’t going to come down. I was going to fly. I was going to stay up in the air forever.
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Decision Forever Myself Stay
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
Although I wasn’t invited to shake hands with Hitler, I wasn’t invited to the White House to shake hands with the President either.
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Hands Myself Sarcastic
To a sprinter, the hundred-yard dash is over in three seconds, not nine or ten.
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Run Sports Time
The only bond worth anything between human beings is their humanness.
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Bond Human Relationship Worth
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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Game Himself Myself Play Run
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
The black fist is a meaningless symbol. When you open it, you have nothing but fingers – weak, empty fingers. The only time the black fist has significance is when there’s money inside. There’s where the power lies.
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Black Fingers Money Power Time Yourself
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 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
For a time, at least, I was the most famous person in the entire world.
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Person Time World
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
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
The only victory that counts is the one over yourself.
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Inspirational Oneself Victory Yourself
A lifetime of training for just ten seconds.
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Life Time Training

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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