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.
JESSE OWENSIt’s like having a pet dog for a long time. You get attached to it, and when it dies you miss it.
More Jesse Owens Quotes
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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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A lifetime of training for just ten seconds.
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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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After I came home from the 1936 Olympics with my four medals, it became increasingly apparent that everyone was going to slap me on the back, want to shake my hand or have me up to their suite. But no one was going to offer me a job.
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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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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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Running is real. It’s all joy and woe, hard as diamond. It makes you weary beyond comprehension, but it also makes you free.
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I had four gold medals, but you can’t eat four gold medals.
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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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The only bond worth anything between human beings is their humanness.
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It all goes so fast, and character makes the difference when it’s close.
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The only victory that counts is the one over yourself.
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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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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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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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