Jesse Owens
Jesse Owens
James Cleveland "Jesse" Owenswas an American track and field athlete and four-time Olympic gold medalist in the 1936 games...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRunner
Date of Birth12 September 1913
CityOakville, AL
CountryUnited States of America
area creek mud portion
We have no idea what we'll find, really. This area has never been examined. This portion of Mud Creek has never been studied.
according community game greatest learn practice properties respect rights rules society spell won word
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.
sports mistake athlete
Well, I couldn't play an instrument. I'd just stand up front and announce the numbers. They had me sing a little, but that was a horrible mistake. I can't carry a tune in a bucket. We played black theaters and nightclubs all over hell. One-nighters. Apollo Theater in Harlem and the Earle Theater in Philly - That was big time for blacks.
sports black firsts
Joe Louis and I were the first modern national sports figures who were black... But neither of us could do national advertising because the South wouldn't buy it. That was the social stigma we lived under.
sports athlete cells
I fought, I fought harder . . . but one cell at a time, panic crept into my body, taking me over.
sports horse athlete
It was bad enough to have toppled from the Olympic heights to make my living competing with animals. But the competition wasn't even fair. No man could beat a race horse, not even for 100 yards.
gold four gold-medals
I had four gold medals, but you can't eat four gold medals.
men thinking hands
When I passed the Chancellor he arose, waved his hand at me, and I waved back at him. I think the writers showed bad taste in criticizing the man of the hour in Germany.
sports dog athlete
It's like having a pet dog for a long time. You get attached to it, and when it dies you miss it.
practice race giving
Life doesn't give you all the practice races you need.
three nine yards
To a sprinter, the hundred-yard dash is over in three seconds, not nine or ten.
motivational feet air
I let my feet spend as little time on the ground as possible. From the air, fast down, and from the ground, fast up.