Quotes by Jesse Owens

Jesse Owens

“She (Minnie Ruth Solomon) 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.”

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A lifetime of training for just ten seconds.

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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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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.

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House

White

Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.

Friendship

Motivational

Running

Championships are mythical. The real champions are those who live through what they are taught in their homes and churches. The attitude that ‘We’ve got to win’ in sports must be changed. Teach your youngsters, who are the future hope of America, the importance of love, respect, dedication, determination, self-sacrifice, self-discipline and good attitude. That’s the road up the ladder to the championships.

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Determination

Sports

Every morning, just like in Alabama, I got up with the sun, ate my breakfast even before my mother and sisters and brothers, and went to school, winter, spring, and fall alike to run and jump and bend my body this way and that for Mr. Charles Riley.

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Sports

Find the good. It’s all around you. Find it, showcase it and you’ll start believing in it.

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For a time, at least, I was the most famous person in the entire world.

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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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Quotes by Jesse Owens

Jesse Owens

A lifetime of training for just ten seconds.

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.

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.

Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.

Every morning, just like in Alabama, I got up with the sun, ate my breakfast even before my mother and sisters and brothers, and went to school, winter, spring, and fall alike to run and jump and bend my body this way and that for Mr. Charles Riley.

Find the good. It’s all around you. Find it, showcase it and you’ll start believing in it.

For a time, at least, I was the most famous person in the entire world.

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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