Hitler didn’t snub me – it was our president who snubbed me. The president didn’t even send me a telegram.
JESSE OWENSI realized now that militancy in the best sense of the word was the only answer where the black man was concerned, that any black man who wasn’t a militant in 1970 was either blind or a coward.
More Jesse Owens Quotes
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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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A lifetime of training for just ten seconds.
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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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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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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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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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Life doesn’t give you all the practice races you need.
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I realized now that militancy in the best sense of the word was the only answer where the black man was concerned, that any black man who wasn’t a militant in 1970 was either blind or a coward.
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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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I fought, I fought harder, but one cell at a time, panic crept into my body, taking me over.
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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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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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The only victory that counts is the one over yourself.
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One chance is all you need.
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