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We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determin...

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It all goes so fast, and character makes the difference when it's close.

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

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

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

A lifetime of training for just ten seconds.

A lifetime of training for just ten seconds.

One chance is all you need.

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Jesse Owens

Olympic athlete

Born: 1913-09-12

Died: 1980-03-31

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.More