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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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The ultimate is not to win, but to reach within the depths of your capabilities and to compete against yourself.
— Billy Mills
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I always look to see what Arnold [Palmer] shot; it's a habit. We will always compete against each other.
— Jack Nicklaus
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The biggest concern with female athletes is they don't naturally compete. And so I think a part of what we do here…
— Anson Dorrance
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Love your sport. Never do it to please someone else; it has to be yours. That is all that will justify the…
— Peggy Fleming
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Whether hunting is right or wrong, a spiritual experience, or an outlet for the killer instinct, one thing it is not is…
— Unknown Author
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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,…
— Jesse Owens
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I write the vocals last, because I wanted to invent the music first and push the music to the level that I…
— Axl Rose
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One of the first things I learned about acting was, the only person you compete against is yourself
— Ed Harris
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We found out that no matter how good you are you can't go out there and compete against teams that have been…
— Mike Candrea
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How would you compete against yourself?
— Vinod Khosla
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The ultimate is not to win, but to reach within the depths of your capabilities and to compete against yourself to the…
— Billy Mills
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When you compete against everyone else, no one wants to help you. But when you compete against yourself, everyone wants to help…
— Simon Sinek
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