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
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One day or another every athlete feels like taking it easy. He stops trying to exceed his limits, and thinks he can keep winning because of his lucky star, or the bad luck of his opponents. You must overcome this negative instinct, which affects all of us, and which is the only difference between the person who wins a race, and those who lose. This is the battle you have to fight every day of your life.
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One chance is all you need.
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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.
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Find the good. It's all around you. Find it, showcase it and you'll start believing in it.
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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.
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Just ironge the people who tend mock at you
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You can melt down all the medals and cups I have and they wouldn't be a plating on the 24-carat friendship I felt for Long at that moment.
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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.
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It took a lot of courage for him to befriend me in front of Hitler,
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We have no idea what we'll find, really. This area has never been examined. This portion of Mud Creek has never been studied.
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To me, we must learn to spell the word RESPECT. 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.
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If it's clay, it pretty much means it was here before 10,000 B.C.. Most archaeologists don't believe humans were in North America that early.
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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.
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I'd noticed him watching me for a year or so, especially when we'd play games where there was running or jumping.