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Jesse Owens Biography

James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens (September 12, 1913 – March 31, 1980) was an American track and field athlete and four-time Olympic gold medalist in the 1936 Games.

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It all goes so fast, and character makes the difference when it's close

Athlete, Character, Difference, Fast, Running, Sports

I always loved running. . . . It was something you could do by yourself and under your own power.

Endurance, Loved, Power, Running, Track And Field

In the space of less than seven days, I attended a track meet in Boston, flew from there to Bowling Green for the National Jaycees, then to Rochester for the blind, Buffalo for another track meet, New York to shoot a film called The Black Athlete, Miami for Ford Motor Company, back up to New York for 45 minutes to deliver a speech, then into L. A. for another the same night.

Athlete, Buffalo, Deliver, New York, Speech, Sports

To a sprinter, the hundred-yard dash is over in three seconds, not nine or ten.

Nine, Seconds, Sprinter, Ten, Three, Yards

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

Good, Inspirational, Motivational, Showcase, Sports, Start

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

Athlete, Entire, Famous, Running, Sports, World

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.

Sports, Horse, Athlete, Right, Starter, Fires

The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself - the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us - that's where it's at.

Inspirational, Invisible, Motivational, Ones, Running, Struggles

I decided I wasn't going to come down. I was going to fly. I was going to stay up in the air forever.

Athlete, Attitude, Come, Decided, Fly, Sports

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.

Athlete, Lies, Lying, Significance, Sports, Symbol

People say that it was degrading for an Olympic champion to run against a horse, but what was I supposed to do? I had four gold medals, but you can't eat four gold medals. There was no television, no big advertising, no endorsements then. Not for a black man, anyway.

Horse, Man, Running, Sports, Supposed, Television

Hitler didn't snub me—it was FDR who snubbed me. The president didn't even send me a telegram.

Fdr, President, Snub, Snubbed, Telegram, Telegrams

I realized now that militancy in the best sense of the word was the only answer where the black man was concerned, that any black man who wasn't a militant in 1970 was either blind or a coward.

1970, Athlete, Blind, Men, Sports, Word

Well, I couldn't play an instrument. I'd just stand up front and announce the numbers. They had me sing a little, but that was a horrible mistake. I can't carry a tune in a bucket. We played black theaters and nightclubs all over hell. One-nighters. Apollo Theater in Harlem and the Earle Theater in Philly - That was big time for blacks.

Athlete, Hell, Mistake, Play, Sports, Time

If you don't try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody's back yard.

Advice, Hockey, Olympics, Win, Winning, Yard

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.

Cities, Country, Germany, Moscow, New York, Olympics

A lifetime of training for just ten seconds.

Lifetime, Motivational, Quilts, Seconds, Sports, Training

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?

Ate, Athlete, Fact, Fun, Sports, Used

It's like having a pet dog for a long time. You get attached to it, and when it dies you miss it.

Athlete, Attached, Dog, Having, Pet, Sports

"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. "

Athlete, Minnie, Said, Sports, Talked, Way

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