British - Athlete | May 20, 1942 -
Sport and life is about losing. It's about understanding how to lose.
Lynn Davies
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You've got to be a disciplined person if you want to succeed both in sport and in life.
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It's not just about a coach telling you what to do and just following it unthinkingly.
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You've got to be actively involved in the process yourself and you've got to listen carefully to what the coach is saying, take that on board yourself and implement what the coach is saying.
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It's about somebody initially knowing more about it than you do but eventually you learn a lot about it yourself and practise the skills and techniques that you've been taught.
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The IOC are the guardians of the Olympic ideal.
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My sporting heroes were Ken Jones, Stanley Matthews, and Cliff Morgan.
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If athletes are found to have taken performance enhancing drugs, then they should be banned for two years, even if they are British.
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Dai Greene will be our greatest-ever Welsh athlete.
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To win an Olympic title when there are 205 nations taking part, you have to be super-human. You have to be superman.
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I think a four-year ban would effectively rule out one Olympic games - a life ban is too harsh. I think everyone deserves a second chance. If you come back from missing one Olympic games and serving a four-year ban, you are a pretty determined and reformed character.
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I am a sportsman, and I hate politics.
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