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.
JESSE OWENSWhen 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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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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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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For a time, at least, I was the most famous person in the entire world.
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Find the good. It’s all around you. Find it, showcase it and you’ll start believing in it.
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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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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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One chance is all you need.
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I always loved running. It was something you could do by yourself and under your own power.
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I fought, I fought harder, but one cell at a time, panic crept into my body, taking me over.
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The road to the Olympics, leads to no city, no country. It goes far beyond New York or Moscow, ancient Greece or Nazi Germany. The road to the Olympics leads — in the end — to the best within us.
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Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.
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To a sprinter, the hundred-yard dash is over in three seconds, not nine or ten.
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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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I had four gold medals, but you can’t eat four gold medals.
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The only victory that counts is the one over yourself.
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