Jesse Owens — "I wasn't running against Hitler, I was running against the best athletes in the …"
I wasn't running against Hitler, I was running against the best athletes in the world.
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Interview, downplaying the political narrative of the 1936 Olympics
Date: 1960s-1970s
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