"It was bad enough to have toppled from the Olympic heights to make my living competing with animals. But the competition wasn't even fair. No man could beat a race horse, not even for 100 yards. … The secret is, first, get a thoroughbred horse because they are the most nervous animals on earth. Then get the biggest gun you can find and make sure the starter fires that big gun right by the nervous thoroughbred's ear."
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People from AlabamaAfrican AmericansTrack and field athletesOlympic gold medalistsSportspeople from Cleveland
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Jesse Owens
1913 – 1980
US-amerikanischer Leichtathlet
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