British - Politician | September 29, 1956 -
Some people found it difficult to understand my relationship with my father, but that may have been because they couldn't get beyond their relationship with their own parents.
Sebastian Coe
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There is nothing so marginal as a party that has been in power for 18 years and slides into opposition. You influence nothing.
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The characteristic shared by people at the top of their profession is that, to get better, they crave criticism. Most people don't like criticism, but if you are trying to shave two tenths of a second at 800 metres, that is what you crave.
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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.
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I can remember the day I decided I would retire from competitive athletics as vividly as if it were yesterday.
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I know many people who are actually queasy about the idea that their kids may harbour sporting ambitions.
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In 1981, I spoke at the Olympic Congress. I was scandalised that I was the first athlete to be given that chance. But I made the most of it.
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I joined the local athletics club when I was 12, that's what I did. I did it of my own volition.
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I started track and field when I was 12 and didn't get to an Olympic Games until I was nearly 23. By any stretch of the imagination that's a very long apprenticeship.
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Good running is the ability to have a very well defined on-board computer. The ability to judge distances when running in traffic.
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You hope all good athletes run on the balls of their feet. You don't want them coming down heel first. The perfect style is the foot to come down with a slight supination and on a tilt to the outside.
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The Olympics are a world apart from racing for a record. You put out of your mind pretty much what anyone else doing in the race.
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