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\u201cAwards become corroded, but friends gather no dust.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Jesse Owens<\/strong>, American athlete & orator<\/p>\n

Address to students & staff of East High School, Phoenix, Arizona, cited in \u201cFormer Olympic Star Prescribes Education\u201d (April 1973) article by Isabel Braunstein, Arizona\u00a0<\/em>Republic<\/em>, 14 April 1973, p. 63, column 5 [p. 64 .pdf file]; online via Newspapers.com\u00a0[subscription service]\u00a0www.newspapers.com<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1449531588755-96303790-852e094f-cf635381-89e5081e-8961″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>[Newspaper article, describing Owens\u2019 speech to high school students]:<\/p>\n

\u201cHe approves athletics, he said, because they provide other young people, as they provided him, with something to compete and excel in.<\/p>\n

But he advised: \u201cAthletic awards become tarnished and diplomas fade with passing years. Gold turns green and the ink grays until you cannot read what is on that diploma or medal\u2026What really counts is the realities of life.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere will be winners and there will be losers in athletic competition,\u201d he continued. \u201cBut friendships born on the fields of athletic strife are the real gold of competition. Awards become corroded but friends gather no dust.<\/span>\u201d (p. 63, column 5)<\/p>\n

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Source link<\/em><\/span><\/strong>: \u201cFormer Olympic Star Prescribes Education (14 April 1973) The Arizona Republic<\/em>, via Newspapers.com: https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/117439438<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315829087-ce67c619-0fbc5381-89e5081e-8961″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cThe battles that count aren\u2019t the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself \u2013 the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us \u2013 that\u2019s where it\u2019s at.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Jesse Owens<\/strong>, American athlete & orator<\/p>\n

Blackthink: My Life as Black Man and White Man<\/em> (1970) New York, NY: William Morrow & Co., p. 150<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315829475-7c82a017-1e625381-89e5081e-8961″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>[Memoir, Italics as found in cited Owens text]:<\/p>\n

\u201cYet even if something should happen to me, even if I checked out tomorrow and never got to see my idea grow into what it can be, I can\u2019t complain. But I sure don\u2019t know who Horatio Alger is. Because the battles that count aren\u2019t the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself \u2013 the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us \u2013 that\u2019s where it\u2019s at.<\/p>\n

Life <\/em>is the real<\/em> Olympics.\u201d (p. 150)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1453315829682-63e8fade-cf4c5381-89e5081e-8961″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source<\/span><\/strong><\/em>: Library \u2013 Blackthink: My Life as Black Man and White Man<\/em>, Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) No. 71124<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n

Resources<\/h4>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=”none” el_class=”Wrapper-Author-Resources”]Learn more about Jesse Owens\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>| Here are a few good places to find out more –<\/p>\n