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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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.
running character differences
It all goes so fast, and character makes the difference when it's close
motivational friendship running
Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.
running real joy
Running is real. It’s all joy and woe, hard as diamond. It makes you weary beyond comprehension, but it also makes you free.
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.
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.
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.
running country differences
When I came back, after all those stories about Hitler and his snub, I came back to my native country, and I could not ride in the front of the bus. I had to go to the back door. I couldn't live where I wanted. Now what's the difference?
inspirational motivational running
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.
sports running athlete
I'd noticed him watching me for a year or so, especially when we'd play games where there was running or jumping.
sports running athlete
For a time, at least, I was the most famous person in the entire world.