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OWENS, Jesse
Alabama (birthplace) American Athletes Olympic Medalists Philanthropists

OWENS, Jesse

CitationContextSource LinkCitation “Awards become corroded, but friends gather no dust.” ~Jesse Owens, American athlete & orator Address to students & staff of East High School, Phoenix, Arizona, cited in “Former Olympic Star Prescribes Education” (April 1973) article by Isabel Braunstein, Arizona Republic, 14 April 1973, p. 63, column 5 [p. 64 .pdf file]; online via Newspapers.com [subscription service] www.newspapers.com Context Extended excerpt [Newspaper article, describing Owens’ speech to high school students]: “He approves athletics, he said, because they provide other young people, as they provided him, with something to compete and excel in. But he advised: “Athletic awards become tarnished and diplomas fade with passing years. Gold turns green and the ink grays until
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PAIGE, Satchel
Alabama (birthplace) American Athletes

PAIGE, Satchel

CitationMisquotesContextSource LinkCitation “Ain’t no man can avoid being born average, but there ain’t no man got to be common.” ~Satchel Paige, American baseball player Attributed by sports writer Jim Raglin (c. 1957) “Change of Pace,” Jim Raglin, Lincoln Evening Journal & Nebraska State Journal, p. 8, column 1; online via Newspapers.com [subscription service] www.newspapers.com Misquotes Re-quote note: Paige also received credit for the quote in an earlier column by Florida sports editor Bill McGrotha. The quote shared by McGrotha also came from a second-hand source, and the wording was slightly different: “McLemore also passed on some of the philosophy of Satchel Paige, the ancient pitcher who last year hurled for
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