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 OWENSThe only bond worth anything between human beings is their humanness.
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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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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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I always loved running. It was something you could do by yourself and under your own power.
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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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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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I had four gold medals, but you can’t eat four gold medals.
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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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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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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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If you don’t try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody’s back yard.
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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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Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.
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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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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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