I let my feet spend as little time on the ground as possible. From the air, fast down, and from the ground, fast up.
JESSE OWENSOnly by Gods grace have I made it to see today and only by Gods grace will I ever see tomorrow.
More Jesse Owens Quotes
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Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.
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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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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 road to the Olympics, leads to no city, no country. It goes far beyond New York or Moscow, ancient Greece or Nazi Germany. The road to the Olympics leads — in the end — to the best within us.
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A lifetime of training for just ten seconds.
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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 all goes so fast, and character makes the difference when it’s close.
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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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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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If you don’t try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody’s back yard. The thrill of competing carries with it the thrill of a gold medal. One wants to win to prove himself the best.
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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 always loved running. It was something you could do by yourself and under your own power.
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Life doesn’t give you all the practice races you need.
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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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To a sprinter, the hundred-yard dash is over in three seconds, not nine or ten.
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