The American people need to remind them what they're capable of.
Jesse, you're the .
You're the man on the earth.
Who do we have here?
I'm Jesse Owens.
You're a natural.
I don't trust naturals. And I will say, you run.
And boy, oh, boy, you can jump. What I want to is can you win?
Let's see what we got here. Go!
There a , Coach?
Ah, no.
You want me to do it ?
Yeah.
Jesse Owens sets a new record.
Do you want to win a gold ?
Sure.
Want to do it in Berlin?
Mr. Owens how can you justify taking part in Germany when there's so much discrimination here at ?
Now, where do you boys think you're going?
Just using the .
Not until we're through, you're not.
Jesse, you have a chance to a powerful blow.
Under the Hitler regime, we must not go to these Olympic games to show our solidarity with the oppressed of Germany.
You get a chance to be a part of , and you're gonna walk away from it?
Our people looking at me for an .
I don't care about any of that!
Yeah, well, you're , Larry!
You don't have to!
People are on you.
To do what?
To get on over there to Berlin and beat those Nazis.
You was put here to run.
Don't to any of them.
Out there, there ain't no black and white.
There's only fast and .
Nothing matters. Not color, not , not even hate.
For those 10 seconds, you are ... free.
Now he's just showing off.