Running

Running is a sport that anyone can engage in but only a handful are remembered by. Read these quotes from our all-time favorite Black runners.

A lifetime of training for just ten seconds.
Jesse Owens

By the time I was 12 I was challenging every boy in our neighborhood at running, jumping, everything.
Wilma Rudolph

For a time, at least, I was the most famous person in the entire world.
Jesse Owens

For a time, at least, I was the most famous person in the entire world.
Jesse Owens

I always loved running - it was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted, fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs.
Jesse Owens

I don't know why I run so fast. I just run.
Wilma Rudolph, Rudolph ran and world went wild

I let my feet spend as little time on the ground as possible. From the air, fast down, and from the ground, fast up. My foot is only a fraction of the time on the track.
Jesse Owens

I loved the feeling of freedom in running, the fresh air, the feeling that the only person I'm competing with is me.
Wilma Rudolph

I ran and ran and ran every day, and I acquired this sense of determination, this sense of spirit that I would never, never give up, no matter what else happened.
Wilma Rudolph

I thought I'd never get to see that. Florence Griffith Joyner -- every time she ran, I ran.
Wilma Rudolph, Rudolph ran and world went wild

I walked with braces until I was at least nine years old. My life wasn't like the average person who grew up and decided to enter the world of sports.
Wilma Rudolph

The feeling of accomplishment welled up inside of me, three Olympic gold medals. I knew that was something nobody could ever take away from me, ever.
Wilma Rudolph