Quotes & Sayings About 1936 Olympics

Although I wasn't invited to shake hands with Hitler, I wasn't invited to the White House to shake hands with the President either. — Jesse Owens

The obvious precedent for Beijing 2008 was the Berlin Olympics, in 1936. Both were showcases for a muscle-flexing nation, although Hitler made an elementary error when he chose not to dress his young National Socialists in lime-green catsuits laced with twinkling fairy lights. — Anthony Lane

After I came home from the 1936 Olympics with my four medals, it became increasingly apparent that everyone was going to slap me on the back, want to shake my hand or have me up to their suite. But no one was going to offer me a job. — Jesse Owens

Life doesn't give you all the practice races you need. — Jesse Owens