Herb Douglas Quotes
1922–1923 United States
Herbert Paul Douglas Jr. (March 9, 1922 – April 22, 2023) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the long jump. He was the oldest living U.S.
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During my time, I couldn't contact any white account, only Black accounts. We built that up.
You better medal or don't come back." They all did, including Douglas' bronze medal in the long jump.
When you stand on a podium and they're playing the national anthem, you could only feel good, 'cause you don't have any other place. The United States is really the greatest country.
Always try to be right, and perform. Performance. We have to perform, what, better than anything to be even.
There is no place I know that I could go where someone doesn't recognize me. That's what the Olympics is about -- it enhances togetherness. And for the world, that's perhaps what we need, more togetherness.
Dad taught me how to analyze, organize, initiate, and follow through. Because he couldn't have made it for 51 more years.
My mother would send me to the store, three to four times some days, one time another day. And I kept going up the hill, down the hill. And they used say 'The Jogging Douglases.