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Colin Jackson

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Colin Jackson says feeling like you belong to a group can push you to try harder. He talks about spending a lot of time keeping his skin soft with body butter. He also mentions his sports past in rugby and cricket, and jokes that vegetarians are weaker.

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Colin Jackson is a Welsh former sprinter and hurdler who specialized in the 110‑metre hurdles, won an Olympic silver medal and became a two‑time world champion.

About Colin Jackson

Colin Ray Jackson is a Welsh former sprint and hurdling athlete who later became a sports commentator and television personality. He specialised in the 110‑metre hurdles and competed for both Great Britain and Wales. During his career he won an Olympic silver medal, was world champion twice and also won a world indoor title.

Quotes by Colin Jackson

Setting a world record is very special.

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If I'm cross, I sulk.

Cross

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A victory is a victory.

Victory

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I've got a useful contacts book.

Book

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Athletics really was my secondary sport, cricket was my first love.

Athletics

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I'm the first to admit that I have never been the greatest team player.

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Coming from the world of sport, I've got decent legs.

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Everyone makes mistakes - you must learn how to deal with them.

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Although Jamaica and Panama are great places to visit I could never call them home.

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I'm in constant pain but you learn to live it with it.

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Nothing is ever perfect, but excellence is good enough.

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I like Oliver Sweeney for classic, fitted, comfy shoes.

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In international competition, the earlier you can make inroads into your opponent's psyche the better.

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Every day as an athlete, I would perform with injuries and then hobble into bed but then go out the next day…

Day

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If you go for job interviews and you are likeable, people will employ you. It's not really about the work, it's about…

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Every time Usain Bolt competes we're all expecting him to run sub 10 seconds and record one of the fastest times in…

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I loved all sports, but sprint hurdles came naturally to me. There was something a bit arty about hurdling, which I thoroughly…

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People always tell me, 'you're so nice but Linford is the opposite' and I say, 'do you honestly think I would've hung…

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From a young age, I've suffered from hay fever. So my hay fever, unfortunately, is both tree and grass pollen.

Age

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A 10,000m race is like a chess game and you are watching, wondering what's going on and what's going to happen.

Chess

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I once damaged my Achilles and it took a long time to get over it. My injury happened in November and I…

Achilles

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I remember my grandmother, Maria Roslyn, very well because she used to visit us in Wales when I was growing up. She…

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I did feel guilty when my peers around me who were training just as hard weren't getting the rewards that I was,…

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One of my uncles was a decent cricketer but no one in the family had thought of doing sport as a profession.…

Drama

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I suffered with bulimia and anorexia when I was training for the Olympics - I felt like I was overweight and eating…

Anorexia

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When you've sustained a bad Achilles injury you can't even hop, and if you can't hop powerfully then you can't hurdle or…

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I think I'm naturally irresponsible because when I was a young athlete I was successful quite early in my career and everything…

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At 17, I decided I wanted to be a full-time athlete but my parents weren't so sure. So we agreed that if…

Academia

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I was 21 and lining up in an Olympic final trying to fulfil a dream and get an Olympic medal. It launched…

Career

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An Achilles injury stops you perfecting things.

Achilles

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I definitely think vegetarians are weaker.

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I'm a big fan of South Wales, but North Wales isn't too bad either.

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As an athlete I was paranoid - and still am - about the slightest pimple that appeared on me and would shoot…

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There are just so many different things to experience in Wales. Contrary to popular belief it doesn't rain all the time.

Belief

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One of my biggest ambitions was to perform well at championships - I knew if I did that I was going to…

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Sport is the place where people come together from all creeds and colours to really celebrate their performance ability.

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When you know you're in good form you never feel under pressure; you know all you've got to do is go out…

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People have got to remember that for the 400m hurdles you need the lot; the endurance of a middle distance runner and…

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They should have some type of meat whether it's fish or actual meat. Human beings are omnivores.

Fish

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One of the things I encourage my athletes to do, is to cook with fish because it's really, really, really light and…

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