Jesse Owens quotes - page 2

Jesse Owens was an American track and field athlete who gained international fame at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. His four gold medals challenged Nazi ideology and inspired millions around the world. He became a symbol of perseverance and triumph in the face of adversity. Here are 39 of his quotes:

We'd get into these little towns and tell 'em to get out the fastest guy in town and Jesse Owens would spot him ten yards and beat him. (Jesse Owens)
Although I wasn't invited to shake hands with Hitler, I wasn't invited to the White House to shake hands with the President either. View quote
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The only bond worth anything between human beings is their humanness. View quote
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A lifetime of training for just ten seconds. View quote
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If you don't try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody's back yard. View quote
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Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust. View quote
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It took a lot of courage for him to befriend me in front of Hitler... You can melt down all the medals and cups I have and they wouldn't be a plating on the 24-karat friendship I felt for Lutz Long at that moment. View quote
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She was unusual because even though I knew her family was as poor as ours, nothing she said or did seemed touched by that. Or by prejudice. Or by anything the world said or did. It was as if she had something inside her that somehow made all that not count. View quote
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For a time, at least, I was the most famous person in the entire world. View quote
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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. View quote
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She was unusual because even though I knew her family was as poor as ours, nothing she said or did seemed touched by that. Or by prejudice. Or by anything the world said or did. It was as if she had something inside her that somehow made all that not count. I fell in love with her some the first time we ever talked, and a little bit more every time after that until I thought I couldn't love her more than I did. And when I felt that way, I asked her to marry me ... and she said she would. (Jesse Owens)
To a sprinter, the hundred-yard dash is over in three seconds, not nine or ten. The first 'second' is when you come out of the blocks. The next is when you look up and take your first few strides to attain gain position. By that time the race is actually about half over. The final 'second' - the longest slice of time in the world for an athlete - is that last half of the race, when you really bear down and see what you're made of. It seems to take an eternity, yet is all over before you can think what's happening. View quote
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Life doesn't give you all the practice races you need. View quote
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It took a lot of courage for him to befriend me in front of Hitler... You can melt down all the medals and cups I have and they wouldn't be a plating on the 24-karat friendship I felt for Lutz Long at that moment. Hitler must have gone crazy watching us embrace. The sad part of the story is I never saw Long again. He was killed in World War II. View quote
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Occupation: American Athlete
Born: September 12, 1913
Died: March 31, 1980
Quotes count: 39
Wikipedia: Jesse Owens

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