Race * Quotes

"Out there, there ain't no black and white. There's only fast and slow. Nothing matters, not color, not money, not even hate. For those ten seconds you are completely free."

Larry Snyder: "You get a chance to be a part of history and you're gonna walk away from it?"
Jesse Owens: "I've got people looking at me for an example."
Larry Snyder: "I don't care about any of that!"
Jesse Owens: "Yeah, well you're white, Larry! You don't have to!"

Jesse: "Is there a problem?"
Larry: "No, no problem!"
Jesse: "Want me to do it again?"
Larry: "Sure!"

"The American people need champions, to remind them what they're capable of."

"Mr. Owens, how can you justify taking part in Germany when there's so much discrimination here at home?"
[Journalist]

"You're a natural. I don't trust naturals. And I will say you can run, and boy oh boy, you can jump. What I want to know is win?"
[to Jesse]

Larry Snyder: "You want to win a gold medal?"
Jesse Owens: "Sure."
Larry Snyder: "You want to do it in Berlin?"