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British Politician

Sebastian Coe is a British politician and former track and field athlete. He achieved significant athletic success in the 1980s and 1990s, including Olympic gold medals and world records. In the political arena, Coe served as the sports advisor to the Mayor of London and was the executive director of the 2012 London Olympics.

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“The Americans sowed the seed, and now they have reaped the whirlwind”

Inspirational Funny Seeds Entertaining Athletics Whirlwind Bloopers

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“I don't think I am a workaholic. I prefer to keep busy. It is better than the alternative.”

Thinking Busy Alternatives Workaholic Keep Busy

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“Inspirational leaders need to have a winning mentality in order to inspire respect. It is hard to trust in the leadership of someone who is half-hearted about their purpose, or only sporadic in focus or enthusiasm.”

Needs Hard Purpose Order Winning Half Leader Focus Inspire Enthusiasm Mentality Hearted Half Hearted Hard To Trust Sporadic

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“Nobody ever becomes an expert parent. But I think good parenting is about consistency. Its about being there at big moments, but its also just the consistency of decision making. And its routine.”

Thinking Moments Bigs Parent Decision Experts Decision Making Routine Consistency Being There Good Parent Good Parenting

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“Sport is a universal language, building more bridges between people than anything else I can think of.”

People Thinking I Can Language Sports Building Universal Bridges Universal Language

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“It is really important that we promote competitive support in schools. It is very important that we recognise that has to be underpinned by good quality physical education and by getting people into patterns of exercise.”

People Important School Quality Support Exercise Patterns Recognise Good Quality Physical Education

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“If you lived in Sheffield and were called Sebastian, you had to learn to run fast at a very early stage.”

Ifs Running Stage Sheffield

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“I wouldn't have raced a horse. But you'll then throw back at me that Jesse Owens raced against a horse and he's one of my heroes so I'm not going to say it was a silly stunt. I know too much about horses. They're highly unreliable and they've got brains the size of golf balls.”

Knows Brain Too Much Hero Balls Horse Golf Size Silly My Hero Unreliable Golf Ball

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“I might have to consider coaching- I'm getting too old to be a world class runner and my mind isn't gone enough to become an official.”

World Mind Enough Might Class Gone Coaching Officials Runners World Class

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“Vision is a romantic thing. We have got into 'talent identification'. I am much more interested in passion - finding people who are really excited about doing something.”

People Passion Vision Talent Findings Excited Identification

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“Competing is exciting and winning is exhilarating, but the true prize will always be the self-knowledge and understanding that you have gained along the way.”

Way Self Winning Understanding Discipline Exciting Prize Self Knowledge Self Discipline Competing Exhilarating Knowledge And Understanding

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“The nine inches right here; set it straight and you can beat anybody in the world.”

World Running Beats Nine Inches Runners Inspirational Running Inspirational Runner Motivational Cross Country Running

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“Tomorrow is another day, and there will be another battle!”

Inspirational Running Tomorrow Battle Runners Inspirational Running Another Day Track And Field Inspirational Runner Track Running Running Track Motivational Cross Country Running Track Runners Inspirational Track Running Funny Track Team Tomorrow Is Another Day

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“I've always felt that long, slow distance produces long, slow runners.”

“Blink and you miss a sprint. The 10,000 meters is lap after lap of waiting. Theatrically, the mile is just the right length: beginning, middle, end, a story unfolding.”

Ends Stories Running Waiting Middle Missing Miles Length Runners Lap Unfolding Inspirational Running Blink Meter Jogging Sprint

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“I became a great runner because if you're a kid in Leeds and your name is Sebastian you've got to become a great runner.”

Ifs Running Kids Names Runners Leeds

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“World records are only borrowed.”

World Running Records Borrowed World Records

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“All pressure is self-inflicted. It's what you make of it or how you let it rub off on you.”

Self Motivational Pressure Track Self Inflicted

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“I believed that we had to answer the question: Why are we doing this? And it wasn’t until we started to articulate, internally as an organisation, that it was about using the Games to inspire young people to participate in sports that we each understood what we had to do.”

People Young Games Sports Answers Inspire Understood Organisation

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“Our success in Singapore was a Herculean effort by the whole team. Now I am determined to deliver on all we promised. I will be watching like a hawk.”

Whole Effort Team Determined Singapore Hawks I Am Determined

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“Quite simply the Games are the biggest opportunity sport in this country has ever had. It is one that we must not squander.”

Country Opportunity Games Sports

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“The London Games will be designed for the athletes and we will provide them with the very best venues and the very best conditions to pursue their sporting dreams in London.”

Dream Games Conditions Athlete London Pursue Venues

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“There may be problems we still need to tease out, but we will leave no stone unturned in our bid to make London the host city.”

Needs May Stills Problem Cities Stones London Host Tease

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“We need to be confident. We need not to blink.”

Needs Blink Be Confident

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“Im not sure there are enough coaches in the system that can take young talent and consistently get them into the top five in the world.”

World Enough Young Five Talent Coaches Not Sure Consistently Young Talent

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“This is not going to be business as usual. This is business unusual”

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“Throughout my athletic career, the overall goal was always to be a better athlete than I was at the moment – whether next week, next month or next year. The improvement was the goal. The medal was simply the ultimate reward for achieving that goal.”

Years Moments Next Goal Careers Week Achieve Months Ultimate Rewards Athlete Improvement Medal Athletic Next Year Next Week

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“The Paralympians have lifted the cloud of limitation.”

Clouds Limitation

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“It is to create the best Games the world has ever seen by unlocking the UK's unrivalled passion for sport, by delivering the best Games for athletes to compete in, by showcasing London's unmatched cultural wealth and diversity and by creating a real and lasting legacy.”

World Real Passion Games Sports Wealth Diversity Creating Athlete London Legacy Lasting Delivering Unlocking Lasting Legacy

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“To anyone who has started out on a long campaign believing that the gold medal was destined for him, the feeling when, all of a sudden, the medal has gone somewhere else is quite indescribable.”

Believe Long Feelings Gone Gold Campaigns Olympics Destined Medal Somewhere Else Gold Medals Olympic Games Indescribable Olympic Athlete Olympics Games Olympic Medals Bronze Medal

Book:The Olympians: A Quest for Gold: Triumphs, Heroes & Legends

Source: The Olympians: A Quest for Gold: Triumphs, Heroes & Legends

About the Author

Born: September 29, 1956
Known for: British Politician
Quotes: 30

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