Jesse Owens Quotes

Powerful Jesse Owens for Daily Growth

We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.

- Jesse Owens

Dedication, Awful Lot, Awful, Dreams

A lifetime of training for just ten seconds.

- Jesse Owens

Sports, Training, Lifetime, Seconds

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

- Jesse Owens

Start, Find, Showcase, Start Believing

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

Hands, Shake, Either, President

I let my feet spend as little time on the ground as possible. From the air, fast down, and from the ground, fast up.

- Jesse Owens

Feet, Possible, Air, Little Time

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

- Jesse Owens

Bond, Human Beings, Only, Humanness

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 where it's at.

- Jesse Owens

Within, Inevitable, Medals, Battles

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

- Jesse Owens

Born, Strife, Friendships, Athletic

Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.

- Jesse Owens

Friends, Awards, Dust, Gather

If you don't try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody's back yard.

- Jesse Owens

Well, Yard, Might, Olympics

For a time, at least, I was the most famous person in the entire world.

- Jesse Owens

World, Famous, Most, Famous Person

Life doesn't give you all the practice races you need.

- Jesse Owens

Practice, Give, Need, Races

One chance is all you need.

- Jesse Owens

Chance, You, Need

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