• If you don't try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody's back yard. The thrill of competing carries with it the thrill of a gold medal. One wants to win to prove himself the best.

  Jesse Owens
  American athlete 1913-1980
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. competing
2. somebody
3. carries
4. himself
5. wants
6. prove

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If you don't try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody's back yard. The thrill of competing carries with it the thrill of a gold medal. One wants to win to prove himself the best. by : Jesse Owens

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