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 OWENSHe was constantly on me about the job that I was to do and the responsibility that I had upon the campus. And how I must be able to carry myself because people were looking.
More Jesse Owens Quotes
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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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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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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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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’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 only victory that counts is the one over yourself.
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For a time, at least, I was the most famous person in the entire world.
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A lifetime of training for just ten seconds.
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Life doesn’t give you all the practice races you need.
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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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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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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 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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People come out to see you perform and you’ve got to give them the best you have within you.
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