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.

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We all have dreams, but to make them come true, it takes a lot of hard work. You need to be determined, dedicated, and disciplined. It takes a lot of effort to turn your dreams into reality.

About Jesse Owens

Jesse Owens was an American track and field athlete who achieved incredible success at the 1936 Olympics, winning four gold medals and crushing Hitler’s myth of Aryan supremacy. He set multiple world records and is considered one of the greatest athletes in history.

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

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One chance is all you need.

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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.

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

Jesse Owens

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Although I wasn’t invited to shake hands with Hitler, I wasn’t invited to the White House to shake hands with the President either.

Jesse Owens

American track and field athlete (1913-1980)

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Jesse Owens

American track and field athlete (1913-1980)

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

Jesse Owens

American track and field athlete (1913-1980)

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

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

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Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.

Jesse Owens

American track and field athlete (1913-1980)

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

Jesse Owens

American track and field athlete (1913-1980)