--- title: "15 You Quotes By Sebastian Coe" description: "15 You quotes by Sebastian Coe. Plus more from Sebastian Coe and more You sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37e/sebastian-coe-8305_come_marathons-don-t-come-to-you-overnight-76_76541.png" --- > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37e/sebastian-coe-8305_come_marathons-don-t-come-to-you-overnight-76_76541.png) > [Ask me what makes a champion runner, and I will tell you it helps to have the great good sense to choose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-coe/ask-me-what-makes-a-champion-runner-and-i-will-tell-you-it-helps-to/) [Sebastian Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-coe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d16/sebastian-coe-8305_ask_ask-me-what-makes-a-champion-runner-and_1116882.png) > [We have to recognise there are very few countries you will take the Games to where somebody doesn't have issues on foreign…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-coe/we-have-to-recognise-there-are-very-few-countries-you-will-take-the/) [Sebastian Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-coe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72d/sebastian-coe-8305_countries_we-have-to-recognise-there-are-very-few_2950409.png) > [There is nothing so marginal as a party that has been in power for 18 years and slides into opposition. You influence nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-coe/there-is-nothing-so-marginal-as-a-party-that-has-been-in-power-for-18/) [Sebastian Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-coe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/972/sebastian-coe-8305_been_there-is-nothing-so-marginal-as-a-party_1452820.png) > [The Olympics are a world apart from racing for a record. You put out of your mind pretty much what anyone else…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-coe/the-olympics-are-a-world-apart-from-racing-for-a-record-you-put-out/) [Sebastian Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-coe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e33/sebastian-coe-8305_anyone_the-olympics-are-a-world-apart-from-raci_1347348.jpg) > [The great thing about athletics is that it's like poker sometimes: you know what's in your hand, and it may be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-coe/the-great-thing-about-athletics-is-that-it-s-like-poker-sometimes-you/) [Sebastian Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-coe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fc/sebastian-coe-8305_about_the-great-thing-about-athletics-is-that_2440392.png) > [I wouldn't have raced a horse. But you'll then throw back at me that Jesse Owens raced against a horse, and he's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-coe/i-wouldn-t-have-raced-a-horse-but-you-ll-then-throw-back-at-me-that/) [Sebastian Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-coe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/058/sebastian-coe-8305_about_i-wouldn-t-have-raced-a-horse-but-you-ll_2137870.jpg) > [I've never sent an email in my life. My kids laugh. I often hand the phone to them and say, 'Can you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-coe/i-ve-never-sent-an-email-in-my-life-my-kids-laugh-i-often-hand-the/) [Sebastian Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-coe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7e/sebastian-coe-8305_computer_i-ve-never-sent-an-email-in-my-life-my-k_2169244.png) > [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) > [Sport was an integral part of school life. The most influential teachers were not necessarily the PE teachers, but the teachers who…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/173/sebastian-coe-8305_because_sport-was-an-integral-part-of-school-lif_49858.jpg) > [You hope all good athletes run on the balls of their feet. You don't want them coming down heel first. The perfect…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac2/sebastian-coe-8305_athletes_you-hope-all-good-athletes-run-on-the-ba_644879.jpg) > [The characteristic shared by people at the top of their profession is that, to get better, they crave criticism. Most people don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-coe/the-characteristic-shared-by-people-at-the-top-of-their-profession-is/) [Sebastian Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-coe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/105/sebastian-coe-8305_better_the-characteristic-shared-by-people-at-t_2355271.png) > [The biggest fragility in a project is often just the inability to be able to explain to people why you are doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-coe/the-biggest-fragility-in-a-project-is-often-just-the-inability-to-be/) [Sebastian Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-coe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59c/sebastian-coe-8305_able_the-biggest-fragility-in-a-project-is-of_1490557.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c3/sebastian-coe-8305_about_there-s-a-difference-between-hurting-whe_2749241.png) > [When I moved to Sheffield and went to a secondary modern in the Seventies, there were certain challenges: if you've got a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-coe/when-i-moved-to-sheffield-and-went-to-a-secondary-modern-in-the/) [Sebastian Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-coe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/951/sebastian-coe-8305_certain_when-i-moved-to-sheffield-and-went-to-a_2601489.png) ## Other authors on You ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/you/sebastian-coe/#itemlist", "name": "15 You Quotes By Sebastian Coe", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Marathons don't come to you overnight.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sebastian Coe" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-coe/marathons-don-t-come-to-you-overnight/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37e/sebastian-coe-8305_come_marathons-don-t-come-to-you-overnight-76_76541.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37e/sebastian-coe-8305_come_marathons-don-t-come-to-you-overnight-76_76541.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37e/sebastian-coe-8305_come_marathons-don-t-come-to-you-overnight-76_76541.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Marathons don't come to you overnight.” — Sebastian Coe", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Ask me what makes a champion runner, and I will tell you it helps to have the great good sense to choose your parents carefully.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sebastian Coe" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-coe/ask-me-what-makes-a-champion-runner-and-i-will-tell-you-it-helps-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d16/sebastian-coe-8305_ask_ask-me-what-makes-a-champion-runner-and_1116882.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d16/sebastian-coe-8305_ask_ask-me-what-makes-a-champion-runner-and_1116882.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d16/sebastian-coe-8305_ask_ask-me-what-makes-a-champion-runner-and_1116882.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Ask me what makes a champion runner, and I will tell you it helps to have the great good sense to choose…” — Sebastian Coe", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We have to recognise there are very few countries you will take the Games to where somebody doesn't have issues on foreign or domestic policy.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sebastian Coe" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-coe/we-have-to-recognise-there-are-very-few-countries-you-will-take-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72d/sebastian-coe-8305_countries_we-have-to-recognise-there-are-very-few_2950409.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72d/sebastian-coe-8305_countries_we-have-to-recognise-there-are-very-few_2950409.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72d/sebastian-coe-8305_countries_we-have-to-recognise-there-are-very-few_2950409.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We have to recognise there are very few countries you will take the Games to where somebody doesn't have…” — Sebastian Coe", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There is nothing so marginal as a party that has been in power for 18 years and slides into opposition. 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