"The road to the Olympics, leads to no city, no country. It goes far beyond New York or Moscow, ancient Greece or Nazi…"

"It took a lot of courage for him to befriend me in front of Hitler... You can melt down all the medals and cups I hav…"

"You smoke? That's no good. No good!"

"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…"

"Mr. Hitler had to leave the stadium early, but after winning I hurried up to the radio booth. When I passed near the …"

"I'm old now. It's all right."

"Another old friend gone!"

"The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself — the invisible, inevitable bat…"

"People say that it was degrading for an Olympic champion to run against a horse, but what was I supposed to do? I had…"

"I realized now that militancy in the best sense of the word was the only answer where the black man was concerned, th…"