Race

Dave Albritton: "People are counting on you."
Jesse Owens: "To do what?"
Dave Albritton: "To get on over there to Berlin and beat those Nazi's."

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, you have a chance to strike a powerful blow. Under the Hitler regime we must not go to these Olympic games, to show our solidarity with the oppressed people of Germany."

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

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

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

"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]

"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."