Gold medals Quote by Jesse Owens Download Open image “The only victory that counts is the one over yourself.” — Jesse Owens ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Gold medals Inspirational Love Medal Olympic games Olympic medals Olympics Olympics games Over you Running Victory
I tell you that victory consists in conquering self. That is the greatest enemy. — Paul of the Cross Copy Share Image
When I passed the Chancellor he arose, waved his hand at me, and I waved back at him. I think the writers showed bad… — Jesse Owens Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
When I came back, after all those stories about Hitler and his snub, I came back to my native country, and I could not… — Jesse Owens Copy Share Image
Joe Louis and I were the first modern national sports figures who were black... But neither of us could do national advertising because the… — Jesse Owens Copy Share Image
The secret is, first, get a thoroughbred horse because they are the most nervous animals on earth. Then get the biggest gun you can… — Jesse Owens Copy Share Image
It all goes so fast, and character makes the difference when it's close — Jesse Owens Copy Share Image
If you don't try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody's back yard. The thrill of competing carries with it… — Jesse Owens Copy Share Image
To a sprinter, the hundred-yard dash is over in three seconds, not nine or ten. The first 'second' is when you come out of… — Jesse Owens Copy Share Image
It dawned on me with blinding brightness. I realized: I had jumped into another rare kind of stratosphere - one that only a handful… — Jesse Owens Copy Share Image
I always loved running... it was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast… — Jesse Owens Copy Share Image
No matter what. Wherever your mind wanders, it seems to turn up at the same Field of Dreams. It's the vision you wake up… — James C. Collins Copy Share Image
When Olympic decathlon gold medalist Bruce Jenner asked a roomful of Olympic hopefuls if they had a list of written goals, every one raised… — Jack Canfield Copy Share Image
Skiing is my favorite sport, because, that's the only sport that is actually better to watch the worst the person is at it. "That… — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
When you see athletes like me win gold medals, you only see the finished product, you dont see the real effort that the likes… — Linford Christie Copy Share Image
People fall down, winners get up, and gold medal winners just get up faster! — Bonnie St. John Copy Share Image
I'm a wealthy man now. I've got a flat, a car, I have enough money to buy food. I skate to make the people… — Evgeni Plushenko Copy Share Image
My advice is that going to the Olympics and winning a gold medal are great goals, but the real goal should be to be… — Debi Thomas Copy Share Image
If you don't try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody's back yard. The thrill of competing carries with it… — Jesse Owens Copy Share Image
I'm just so excited. We all are. We've been waiting for this [the gold medal] for years now and it's finally here. This meant… — Kobe Bryant Copy Share Image
I just won the gold medal and I couldn't eat downtown. I said, 'Something's wrong.' And from then on, I've been a Muslim. — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
My support system, in my surgeon, my P.T., my pilates, my weightlifting, everything that I'm doing to make my body and my mind stronger… — Kerri Walsh Copy Share Image