Jesse Owens — "For a time, I was a national hero. But then I came home, and I was just another …"

"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."

"When I came back to my native country, after all the stories about Hitler, I couldn't ride in the front of the bus. I had to go to the back door. I couldn't live where I wanted."

"The world needs more heroes, but it also needs more people who are willing to fight for what's right."

"I never thought I would be famous."

"I wasn't running against Hitler, I was running against the clock."