Football Quotes by Sebastian Coe

9 Football quotes by Sebastian Coe

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Sebastian Coe shares nine short reflections on football, emphasizing the athleticism, strategy, and global reach that resonate with his track and field legacy. This concise set provides a personal glimpse into his admiration for the game.

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

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Everybody recognises that giving young people competitive outlet through sport is a very good thing.

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Football was not what I was put on this planet to do.

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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…

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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.…

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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…

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I'm not sure there are enough coaches in the system that can take young talent and consistently get them into the top…

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I'm a Chelsea season-ticket holder, and I've supported them for 37 years, so any judgment of Manchester United by me is seen…

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I do genuinely believe that young people who play sport at a competitive level, sensibly controlled, sensibly organised, that has to be…

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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,…

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

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I will go to my grave believing that participation is best driven by the well-stocked shop window.

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

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I'm probably one of the few people who can say I did all three types of state sector schooling.

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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.

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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…

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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…

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Football was not what I was put on this planet to do.

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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…

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Getting the Games for London has been the fulfilment of a dream. It is one which I truly believe can change the lives of…

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