Sport is a universal language, building more bridges between people than anything else I can think of. — 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
Quite simply the Games are the biggest opportunity sport in this country has ever had. It is one that we must not… — Sebastian Coe Copy Share Image
Everybody recognises that giving young people competitive outlet through sport is a very good thing. — Sebastian Coe Copy Share Image
The great thing about athletics is that it's like poker sometimes: you know what's in your hand, and it may be a… — Sebastian Coe Copy Share Image
The London Games will be designed for the athletes and we will provide them with the very best venues and the very… — Sebastian Coe Copy Share Image
In all Games, there is always a tendency, particularly in the lead up to the Games when there isn't much sport to… — Sebastian Coe Copy Share Image
I can remember the day I decided I would retire from competitive athletics as vividly as if it were yesterday. — 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… — 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 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
Throughout my athletic career, the overall goal was always to be a better athlete than I was at the moment – whether… — Sebastian Coe Copy Share Image
My overwhelming concern will always be the well-being of the athletes. In Olympic sport, it is rare for competitors not to devote… — 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
There's a difference between hurting when you lose and being a bad loser. You don't compete at the highest level of sport… — Sebastian Coe Copy Share Image
Since the break-up of the 1990s, Russia has not had winter sports facilities. All the winter sport venues were effectively located in… — Sebastian Coe Copy Share Image
I started track and field when I was 12 and didn't get to an Olympic Games until I was nearly 23. By… — Sebastian Coe Copy Share Image
In 1981, I spoke at the Olympic Congress. I was scandalised that I was the first athlete to be given that chance.… — Sebastian Coe Copy Share Image
It is to create the best Games the world has ever seen by unlocking the UK's unrivalled passion for sport, by delivering… — 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
