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Quote by Jesse Owens
A lifetime of training for just ten seconds. - Jesse Owens

A lifetime of training for just ten seconds. – Jesse Owens

Other quotes by 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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Running
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Jesse Owens
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We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort. – Jesse Owens

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Dreams
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Jesse Owens
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Other Quotes from
Sports
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The biggest lesson from Africa was that lifes joys come mostly from relationships and friendships, not from material things. I saw time and again how much fun Africans had with their families and friends and on the sports fields they laughed all the time. – Andrew Shue

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Sports

Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didnt know. So I helped educate sports, and then the world, that a man living with HIV can play basketball. Hes not going to give it to anybody by playing basketball. – Magic Johnson

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Sports

I dont read a lot of the sports, because I think people sometimes either build it up, or you have this guy that hates sports that is going to write bad about it, so I figure Im not going to read it. Because Im not going to let him put an idea into my head. – Herschel Walker

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Sports

Some people train for certain sports and I want to train to be able to hold a super heavy electric guitar and carry luggage around myself because I always have to have 7,000 pairs of shoes. Who cares about sports? – Lisa Loeb

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