Jesse Owens
Jesse Owens
James Cleveland "Jesse" Owenswas an American track and field athlete and four-time Olympic gold medalist in the 1936 games...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRunner
Date of Birth12 September 1913
CityOakville, AL
CountryUnited States of America
running horse men
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.
inspirational motivational sports
One chance is all you need.
godly grace today
Only by God?s grace have I made it to see today and only by God?s grace will I ever see tomorrow.
rights practice games
We must respect the rights and properties of our fellowman. And then learn to play the game of life, as well as the game of athletics, according to the rules of society. If you can take that and put it into practice in the community in which you live, then, to me you have won the greatest championship.
men black coward
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.
motivational sports quilts
A lifetime of training for just ten seconds.
sports determination attitude
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.
running athlete long-ago
I wanted no part of politics. And I wasn't in Berlin to compete against any one athlete. The purpose of the Olympics, anyway, was to do your best. As I'd learned long ago from Charles Riley, the only victory that counts is the one over yourself.
hands white house
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.
running over-you victory
The only victory that counts is the one over yourself.
friendship basketball running
Friendships born on the field of athletic strife are the real gold of competition. Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.
motivational fitness running
I always loved running... it was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted, fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs.
inspirational motivational running
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.
pain athlete winning
There is something that can happen to every athlete and every human being; the instinct to slack off, to give in to pain, to give less than your best; the instinct to hope you can win through luck or through your opponent not doing his best, instead of going to the limit and past your limit where victory is always found. Defeating those negative instincts that are out to defeat us, is the difference between winning and losing - and we all face that battle every day.