Quotes of Jesse Owens - somelinesforyou

“ Awards become corroded. Friends gather no dust. ”

- Jesse Owens

“ Awards become corroded. Friends gather no dust. ”

- Jesse Owens

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

- Jesse Owens

“ I always loved running…it was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted, fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs. ”

- Jesse Owens

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

- 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 where it's at. ”

- Jesse Owens

“ 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 the thrill of a gold medal. One wants to win to prove himself the best. ”

- Jesse Owens

“ Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust. ”

- 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 where it's at. ”

- Jesse Owens

“ 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 the thrill of a gold medal. One wants to win to prove himself the best. ”

- 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

“ You can melt down all the medals and cups I have and they wouldn't be a plating on the 24-carat friendship I felt for Long at that moment. ”

- 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. ”

- Jesse Owens

“ People come out to see you perform and you've got to give them the best you have within you. The lives of most men are patchwork quilts. Or at best one matching outfit with a closet and laundry bag full of incongruous accumulations. A lifetime of training for just ten seconds. ”

- 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

“ 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

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

- Jesse Owens

“ To me, we must learn to spell the word RESPECT. We must respect the rights and properties of our fellowman. And then learn to play the game of life, as well as the game of athletics, according to the rules of society. If you can take that and put it into practice in the community in which you live, then, to me you have won the greatest championship. ”

- Jesse Owens

“ 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 the thrill of a gold medal. One wants to win to prove himself the best. ”

- 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 where it's at. ”

- 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 where it's at. ”

- Jesse Owens

“ 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 the thrill of a gold medal. One wants to win to prove himself the best. ”

- 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 where it's at. ”

- Jesse Owens

“ Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust. ”

- Jesse Owens

“ 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 the thrill of a gold medal. One wants to win to prove himself the best. ”

- Jesse Owens

“ 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 the thrill of a gold medal. One wants to win to prove himself the best. ”

- Jesse Owens

“ To me, we must learn to spell the word RESPECT. We must respect the rights and properties of our fellowman. And then learn to play the game of life, as well as the game of athletics, according to the rules of society. If you can take that and put it into practice in the community in which you live, then, to me you have won the greatest championship. ”

- Jesse Owens

“ People come out to see you perform and you've got to give them the best you have within you. The lives of most men are patchwork quilts. Or at best one matching outfit with a closet and laundry bag full of incongruous accumulations. A lifetime of training for just ten seconds. ”

- Jesse Owens

“ I always loved running — it was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted, fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs. ”

- Jesse Owens
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