Jesse Owens is one of the most famous runners to ever step foot on a track. He fought to get to the Olympics. He showed the world that it doesn't matter where you come from. He stood out from all the other runners, black or white. not for the records he set, the titles he earned or the medals he won, but for the way he gave people hope. For what he did in races around the world, Jesse Owens was truly the greatest man alive. Jesse was never considered a runner. He was a sickly child; the devil's cold, that's what his mother called him. That didn't stop him, though. He started running. The quarter mile was his best race. As a child in the fourth grade, he won everything from his class onwards. Hungry for more, he started running with the older kids. He didn't let the older kids think he was scared, so he would stare at them before a race. His cold eyes told them that he wanted to win and that he would fight for it. But it wasn't enough. Increasingly discouraged, he went to coach Charles Riley. Seeing his problem, he took him to a horse race and did it...