COUNSELS FOR LIFE | A Strong America

COUNSELS FOR LIFE

A Strong America

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.

A lifetime of training for just ten seconds. One chance is all you need. I always loved running—it was something you could do by yourself and under your own power.

I let my feet spend as little time on the ground as possible. From the air, fast down, and from the ground, fast up.

The only bond worth anything between human beings is their humanness.

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

—Jesse Owens, winner of four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

American boxer Jack Dempsey posed with Civil Defence poster A Strong America showing Jesse Owens on starting blocks.

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Photo of Jesse Owens (left) and Bill Bojangles Robinson after Owens' return from his 1936 Olympic victories, 24 August 1939 | Author International News Photos Permission

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