There is something that can happen to every athlete and every human being; the instinct to slack off, to give in to pain, to give less than your best; the instinct to hope you can win through luck or through your opponent not doing his best, instead of going to the limit and past your limit where victory is always found. Defeating those negative instincts that are out to defeat us, is the difference between winning and losing - and we all face that battle every day.
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
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
Find the good. It's all around you. Find it, showcase it and you'll start believing in it. - Jesse Owens
Find the good. It's all around you. Find it, showcase it and you'll start believing in it.
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
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 …
The only victory that counts is the one over yourself. - Jesse Owens
The only victory that counts is the one over yourself.
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 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…
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
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. …
Friendships born on the field of athletic strife are the real gold of competition. Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust. - Jesse Owens
Friendships born on the field of athletic strife are the real gold of competition. Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.
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
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…
The only bond worth anything between human beings is their humanness. - Jesse Owens
The only bond worth anything between human beings is their humanness.
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