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He 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.

Jesse Owens

It was bad enough to have toppled from the Olympic heights to make my living competing with animals. But the competition wasn’t even fair. No man could beat a race horse, not even for 100 yards.
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Animal Bad Enough Live Man Myself Race
Life doesn’t give you all the practice races you need.
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Life Need Practice Yourself
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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Best Life Live Man Oneself Time Training
It all goes so fast, and character makes the difference when it’s close.
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Character Difference Fast
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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Hands Home Job Myself Oneself Reward
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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Myself Ourselves President
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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Food Fun Problem
People come out to see you perform and you’ve got to give them the best you have within you.
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Best People Performance See Yourself
It dawned on me with blinding brightness. I realized: I had jumped into another rare kind of stratosphere – one that only a handful of people in every generation are lucky enough to know.
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Bright Enough Hands Kind Morning Myself People
Find the good. It’s all around you. Find it, showcase it and you’ll start believing in it.
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Believe Goodness Start Yourself
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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Future God Gratitude Myself See
I always loved running. It was something you could do by yourself and under your own power.
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Love Myself Power Run Sports Yourself
I had four gold medals, but you can’t eat four gold medals.
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Eat Gold Myself Reward
If you don’t try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody’s back yard.
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Inspirational Win Yourself
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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Animal Attachment Death Dog Time
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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Dedication Determination Discipline Dream Effort Reality

He 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.

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