I always loved running...it was something you could do by y… - Jesse Owens

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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.

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James Cleveland Owens (12 September 1913 – 31 March 1980) was an African-American athlete and civic leader; winner of 4 Gold medals in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany; he used the name Jesse beginning in childhood, when he gave his name as "J.C. Owens" and was misheard.

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Alternative Names: James Cleveland Owens • James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens

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Orang yang tidak memiliki mimpi seperti burung yang patah sayapnya.

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.

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

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 want… - Jesse Owens

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