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Jesse Owens has 39 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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People come out to see you perform and you've got to give them the best you have within you.
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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…
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We must respect the rights and properties of our fellowman. And then learn to play the game of life, as well as…
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When I came back, after all those stories about Hitler and his snub, I came back to my native country, and I…
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It all goes so fast, and character makes the difference when it's close
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I wanted no part of politics. And I wasn't in Berlin to compete against any one athlete. The purpose of the Olympics,…
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Only by God?s grace have I made it to see today and only by God?s grace will I ever see tomorrow.
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The black fist is a meaningless symbol. When you open it, you have nothing but fingers - weak, empty fingers. The only…
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If you don't try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody's back yard. The thrill of competing carries…
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It dawned on me with blinding brightness. I realized: I had jumped into another rare kind of stratosphere - one that only…
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I decided I wasn't going to come down. I was going to fly. I was going to stay up in the air…
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After I came home from the 1936 Olympics with my four medals, it became increasingly apparent that everyone was going to slap…
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It all goes so fast, and character makes the difference when it's close
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Strength is taking charge of your own destiny and not waiting on others to do so. You don’t have to swear and…
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Character makes trust possible, and trust is the foundation of leadership.
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Sport, properly directed, develops character, makes a man courageous, a generous loser, and a gracious victor; it refines the senses, gives intellectual…
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Life is what our character makes it. We fashion it, as a snail does its shell. A man can say: I never…
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The more conflict and contrast you have with a character makes it more interesting.
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The simplicity of your character makes you exquisitely incomprehensible to me.
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The man that makes a character, makes foes.
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No person in this world is born as a friend or as an enemy Our behaviour,attitude and character makes them what they…
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