"I decided I wasn't going to come down.……" — Jesse Owens
"I decided I wasn't going to come down. I was going to fly. I was going to stay up in the air forever."
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38 Quotes by Jesse Owens
Jesse Owens has 38 quotes on this site.
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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…
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We must respect the rights and properties of our fellowman. And then learn to play the game of life, 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,…
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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…
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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…
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The black fist is a meaningless symbol. When you open it, you have nothing but fingers - weak, empty fingers.…
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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…
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It dawned on me with blinding brightness. I realized: I had jumped into another rare kind of stratosphere - one…
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After I came home from the 1936 Olympics with my four medals, it became increasingly apparent that everyone was going…
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The secret is, first, get a thoroughbred horse because they are the most nervous animals on earth. Then get the…
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More Air Quotes
This quote is filed under Air Quotes,
one of 4,448 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the…
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Spare me the whispering, crowded room, the friends who come and gape and go, the ceremonious air of gloom -…
— Matthew Arnold
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On some summer days in New York City, the air hangs thickly visible, like the combined exhalations of eight million…
— Diane Ackerman
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It's much easier to wear a Chairman Mao button and shake your fists in the air and all that, then…
— Lester Bangs
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Let us never forget this: since the day of the air, the old frontiers are gone. When you think of…
— Stanley Baldwin
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Lexington did launch its air group when a Japanese carrier was reported.
— Jack Adams
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Kisses, even to the air, are beautiful.
— Drew Barrymore
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I love roller coasters that make my stomach drop. One ride in Las Vegas, the Big Shot, straps you into…
— Drew Barrymore
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Obviously, the young dancers lack a certain air of maturity.
— Mikhail Baryshnikov
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The nation that secures control of the air will ultimately control the world.
— Alexander Graham Bell
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A rose is the visible result of an infinitude of complicated goings on in the bosom of the earth and…
— Clive Bell
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When friendship disappears then there is a space left open to that awful loneliness of the outside world which is…
— Hilaire Belloc
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