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Jesse Owens quotes: I fought, I fought harder ... but one cell at a time, panic crept into my body, taking me over.

I fought, I fought harder ... but one cell at a time, panic crept into my body, taking me over.

Jesse Owens quotes: In America anyone can still become someone.

In America anyone can still become someone.

Jesse Owens quotes: The only bond worth anything between human beings is their humanness.

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

Jesse Owens quotes: Friendships born on the field of athletic strife are the real gold of competition. Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.

Friendships born on the field of athletic strife are the real gold of competition. Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.

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

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

Jesse Owens quotes: 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.

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

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

Jesse Owens quotes: Life doesn't give you all the practice races you need.

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

Jesse Owens quotes: People come out to see you perform and you've got to give them the best you have within you.

People come out to see you perform and you've got to give them the best you have within you.

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

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

Jesse Owens quotes: One chance is all you need.

One chance is all you need.

Jesse Owens quotes: Only by God?s grace have I made it to see today and only by God?s grace will I ever see tomorrow.

Only by God?s grace have I made it to see today and only by God?s grace will I ever see tomorrow.

Jesse Owens quotes: The only victory that counts is the one over yourself.

The only victory that counts is the one over yourself.

Jesse Owens quotes: 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 is real. It's all joy and woe, hard as diamond. It makes you weary beyond comprehension, but it also makes you free.

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

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

Jesse Owens quotes: 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?

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?

Jesse Owens quotes: I had four gold medals, but you can't eat four gold medals.

I had four gold medals, but you can't eat four gold medals.

Jesse Owens quotes: It all goes so fast, and character makes the difference when it's close.

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

Jesse Owens quotes: I'd noticed him watching me for a year or so, especially when we'd play games where there was running or jumping.

I'd noticed him watching me for a year or so, especially when we'd play games where there was running or jumping.

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

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

Jesse Owens quotes: I let my feet spend as little time on the ground as possible. From the air, fast down, and from the ground, fast up.

I let my feet spend as little time on the ground as possible. From the air, fast down, and from the ground, fast up.

Jesse Owens quotes: Hitler didn't snub me - it was FDR who snubbed me. The president didn't even send me a telegram.

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

Jesse Owens quotes: 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.

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 quotes: A lifetime of training for just ten seconds.

A lifetime of training for just ten seconds.