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

The only victory that counts is the one over yourself.

- Jesse Owens

In the end, it's extra effort that separates a winner from second place. But winning takes a lot more that that, too. It starts with complete command…

- Jesse Owens

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

- Jesse Owens

The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself - the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us - that's w…

- Jesse Owens

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

- Jesse Owens

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

- Jesse Owens

Championships are mythical. The real champions are those who live through what they are taught in their homes and churches. The attitude that 'We've …

- Jesse Owens

When I came back, after all those stories about Hitler and his snub, I came back to my native country, and I could not ride in the front of the bus. …

- Jesse Owens