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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.

Jesse Owens

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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Beyond Freedom Joy Reality Run
It all goes so fast, and character makes the difference when it’s close.
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Character Difference Fast
For a time, at least, I was the most famous person in the entire world.
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Person Time World
One chance is all you need.
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Chance Need One Liner Oneself Yourself
I had four gold medals, but you can’t eat four gold medals.
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Eat Gold Myself Reward
A lifetime of training for just ten seconds.
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Life Time Training
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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Athletics Born Friendship Gold Reality
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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Black Fingers Money Power Time Yourself
The only victory that counts is the one over yourself.
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Inspirational Oneself Victory 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
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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Animal Right Secret Start Weapon
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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Appearance Himself Job Myself People Responsibility See
Life doesn’t give you all the practice races you need.
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Life Need Practice Yourself
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
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
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

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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