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title: "3 Level Quotes By Sebastian Coe"
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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-coe/i-do-genuinely-believe-that-young-people-who-play-sport-at-a/)

[Sebastian Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-coe/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15b/sebastian-coe-8305_a-good-thing_i-do-genuinely-believe-that-young-people_972143.jpg)

> [At university level, I had an economics lecturer who used to joke that I was the only student who handed in essays…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-coe/at-university-level-i-had-an-economics-lecturer-who-used-to-joke-that/)

[Sebastian Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-coe/)

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> [There's a difference between hurting when you lose and being a bad loser. You don't compete at the highest level of sport…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-coe/there-s-a-difference-between-hurting-when-you-lose-and-being-a-bad/)

[Sebastian Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-coe/)

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## Other authors on Level

## More by Sebastian Coe

> [Sport was an integral part of school life. The most influential teachers were not necessarily the PE teachers, but the teachers who helped me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-coe/sport-was-an-integral-part-of-school-life-the-most-influential/)

[Sebastian Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-coe/)

> [Marathons don't come to you overnight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-coe/marathons-don-t-come-to-you-overnight/)

[Sebastian Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-coe/)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-coe/blink-and-you-miss-a-sprint-the-10-000-meters-is-lap-after-lap-of/)

[Sebastian Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-coe/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-coe/competing-is-exciting-and-winning-is-exhilarating-but-the-true-prize/)

[Sebastian Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-coe/)

> [I don't think I am a workaholic. I prefer to keep busy. It is better than the alternative.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-coe/i-don-t-think-i-am-a-workaholic-i-prefer-to-keep-busy-it-is-better/)

[Sebastian Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-coe/)

> [I will go to my grave believing that participation is best driven by the well-stocked shop window.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-coe/i-will-go-to-my-grave-believing-that-participation-is-best-driven-by/)

[Sebastian Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-coe/)

> [Tomorrow is another day, and there will be another battle!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-coe/tomorrow-is-another-day-and-there-will-be-another-battle/)

[Sebastian Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-coe/)

> [I'm probably one of the few people who can say I did all three types of state sector schooling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-coe/i-m-probably-one-of-the-few-people-who-can-say-i-did-all-three-types/)

[Sebastian Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-coe/)

> [If you lived in Sheffield and were called Sebastian, you had to learn to run fast at a very early stage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-coe/if-you-lived-in-sheffield-and-were-called-sebastian-you-had-to-learn/)

[Sebastian Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-coe/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-coe/i-believed-that-we-had-to-answer-the-question-why-are-we-doing-this/)

[Sebastian Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-coe/)

> [Everybody recognises that giving young people competitive outlet through sport is a very good thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-coe/everybody-recognises-that-giving-young-people-competitive-outlet/)

[Sebastian Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-coe/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-coe/you-hope-all-good-athletes-run-on-the-balls-of-their-feet-you-don-t/)

[Sebastian Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-coe/)

> [Football was not what I was put on this planet to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-coe/football-was-not-what-i-was-put-on-this-planet-to-do/)

[Sebastian Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-coe/)

> [To anyone who has started out on a long campaign believing that the gold medal was destined for him, the feeling when, all of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-coe/to-anyone-who-has-started-out-on-a-long-campaign-believing-that-the/)

[Sebastian Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-coe/)

> [Getting the Games for London has been the fulfilment of a dream. It is one which I truly believe can change the lives of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-coe/getting-the-games-for-london-has-been-the-fulfilment-of-a-dream-it-is/)

[Sebastian Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-coe/)

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