A lifetime of training for just ten seconds.
JESSE OWENSHitler didn’t snub me – it was our president who snubbed me. The president didn’t even send me a telegram.
More Jesse Owens Quotes
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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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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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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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If you don’t try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody’s back yard.
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It all goes so fast, and character makes the difference when it’s close.
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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.
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One chance is all you need.
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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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Find the good. It’s all around you. Find it, showcase it and you’ll start believing in it.
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The only victory that counts is the one over yourself.
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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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We used to have a lot of fun. We never had any problems. We always ate. The fact that we didn’t have steak? Who had steak?
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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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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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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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