Jesse Owens Quotes

“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

“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

“Life doesn’t give you all the practice races you need.”
― Jesse Owens

“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

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

“The only bond worth anything between human beings is their humanness.”
― Jesse Owens

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