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.

Quote by Jesse Owens

Topics: Jesse Owens Quotes

Friendships born on the field of athletic strife are the real gold of competition. Awards...

Friendships born on the field of athletic strife are the real gold of competition. Awards...

I wanted no part of politics. And I wasn't in Berlin to compete against any...

I wanted no part of politics. And I wasn't in Berlin to compete against any...

Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.

Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.

One chance is all you need.

One chance is all you need.

Life doesn't give you all the practice races you need.

Life doesn't give you all the practice races you need.

Although I wasn't invited to shake hands with Hitler, I wasn't invited to the White...

Although I wasn't invited to shake hands with Hitler, I wasn't invited to the White...

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

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

Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.

Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.

If you don't try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody's...

If you don't try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody's...

I let my feet spend as little time on the ground as possible. From the...

I let my feet spend as little time on the ground as possible. From the...

We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes...

We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes...

A lifetime of training for just ten seconds.

A lifetime of training for just ten seconds.

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

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

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

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.

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

There's art and there's commerce. You have to find a way to mesh the two....

There's art and there's commerce. You have to find a way to mesh the two....

A sympathetic friend can be quite as dear as a brother.

A sympathetic friend can be quite as dear as a brother.

PATRIOTISM, n. Combustible rubbish read to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his...

PATRIOTISM, n. Combustible rubbish read to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his...

So in Europe, we had empires. Everyone had them - France and Spain and Britain...

So in Europe, we had empires. Everyone had them - France and Spain and Britain...

Music is what life sounds like.

Music is what life sounds like.