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Jesse Owens

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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.


— Jesse Owens


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A lifetime of training for just ten seconds.


— Jesse Owens


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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.


— Jesse Owens


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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.


— Jesse Owens


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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.


— Jesse Owens


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


— Jesse Owens


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One chance is all you need.


— Jesse Owens


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


— Jesse Owens


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Life doesn't give you all the practice races you need.


— Jesse Owens


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The only bond worth anything between human beings is their humanness.


— Jesse Owens


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Post-Olympics
He was quoted saying the secret behind his success was “I let my feet spend as little time on the ground as possible. Ohio State University
Owens attended Ohio State University after employment was found for his father ensuring the family could be supported. Adolf Hitler was using the games to show the world a resurgent Nazi Germany.

He was the most successful athlete at the 1936 Summer Olympics. He participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin Germany where he achieved international fame by winning four gold medals: one each in the 100 meters the 200 meters the long jump and as part of the 4x100 meter relay team. James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens (September 12 1913 – March 31 1980) was an American track and field athlete who specialized in the sprints and the long jump.

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