55% sureLots of sources credit Jesse Owens with this, and they agree with each other. The book or the speech it first came from hasn't turned up yet.
What turned up
From Tony Gentry's 1990 children's biography Jesse Owens, Champion Athlete; no citation to a primary interview is given, so held at likely per the posthumous-compilation caution.
1936 · Berlin Olympics long jump pit · describing his record-breaking final jump
Sources checked
en.wikiquote.orgChecked using claude-sonnet-5, 21 August 2026Cites Jesse Owens, Champion Athlete by Tony Gentry (1990), on his record-breaking long jump
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