Everybody recognises that giving young people competitive outlet through sport is a very good thing. — Sebastian Coe Copy Share Image
I know many people who are actually queasy about the idea that their kids may harbour sporting ambitions. — Sebastian Coe Copy Share Image
Sport is a universal language, building more bridges between people than anything else I can think of. — Sebastian Coe Copy Share Image
Some people found it difficult to understand my relationship with my father, but that may have been because they couldn't get beyond… — Sebastian Coe Copy Share Image
When the subsidies are going out there to fund arts, I'd like to see jazz given a better shake of the dice.… — Sebastian Coe Copy Share Image
I was ecstatic when we won - to host the Olympics is one of the biggest opportunities in living memory. It will… — Sebastian Coe Copy Share Image
Vision is a romantic thing. We have got into 'talent identification'. I am much more interested in passion - finding people who… — Sebastian Coe Copy Share Image
The biggest fragility in a project is often just the inability to be able to explain to people why you are doing… — Sebastian Coe Copy Share Image
Getting the Games for London has been the fulfilment of a dream. It is one which I truly believe can change the… — Sebastian Coe Copy Share Image
My mum was critical in getting me to recognise very early on that although what I was doing was pretty serious, quite… — Sebastian Coe Copy Share Image
I believed that we had to answer the question: Why are we doing this? And it wasn’t until we started to articulate,… — Sebastian Coe Copy Share Image
I do genuinely believe that young people who play sport at a competitive level, sensibly controlled, sensibly organised, that has to be… — Sebastian Coe Copy Share Image
I had a very ordinary background in Sheffield; I went to a secondary modern, but I saw something on TV in 1968… — Sebastian Coe Copy Share Image
The characteristic shared by people at the top of their profession is that, to get better, they crave criticism. Most people don't… — Sebastian Coe Copy Share Image
It is really important that we promote competitive support in schools. It is very important that we recognise that has to be… — Sebastian Coe Copy Share Image
I'm probably one of the few people who can say I did all three types of state sector schooling. — Sebastian Coe Copy Share Image
Sport was an integral part of school life. The most influential teachers were not necessarily the PE teachers, but the teachers who helped me… — Sebastian Coe Copy Share
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,… — Sebastian Coe Copy Share
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… — Sebastian Coe Copy Share
I don't think I am a workaholic. I prefer to keep busy. It is better than the alternative. — Sebastian Coe Copy Share
I will go to my grave believing that participation is best driven by the well-stocked shop window. — Sebastian Coe Copy Share
I'm probably one of the few people who can say I did all three types of state sector schooling. — Sebastian Coe Copy Share
If you lived in Sheffield and were called Sebastian, you had to learn to run fast at a very early stage. — Sebastian Coe Copy Share
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… — Sebastian Coe Copy Share
Everybody recognises that giving young people competitive outlet through sport is a very good thing. — Sebastian Coe Copy Share
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… — Sebastian Coe Copy Share
To anyone who has started out on a long campaign believing that the gold medal was destined for him, the feeling when, all of… — Sebastian Coe Copy Share
Getting the Games for London has been the fulfilment of a dream. It is one which I truly believe can change the lives of… — Sebastian Coe Copy Share
