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Sebastian Coe Biography

Sebastian Newbold Coe, Baron Coe, CH KBE (born 29 September 1956), often referred to as Seb Coe or Lord Coe, is a British politician and former track and field athlete. As a middle-distance runner, Coe won four Olympic medals, including the 1500 metres gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984. He set eight outdoor and three indoor world records in middle-distance track events – including, in 1979, setting three world records in the space of 41 days – and the world record he set in the 800 metres in 1981 remained unbroken until 1997. Coe's rivalries with fellow Britons Steve Ovett and Steve Cram dominated middle-distance racing for much of the 1980s.

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Nobody ever becomes an expert parent. But I think good parenting is about consistency. Its about being there at big moments, but its also just the consistency of decision making. And its routine.

Decision, Moments, Parent, Think, Thinking

Throughout my athletic career, the overall goal was always to be a better athlete than I was at the moment – whether next week, next month or next year. The improvement was the goal. The medal was simply the ultimate reward for achieving that goal.

Athlete, Improvement, Month, Next Week, Years

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, middle, end, a story unfolding.

Blink, Length, Miss, Missing, Running, Waiting

I might have to consider coaching- I'm getting too old to be a world class runner and my mind isn't gone enough to become an official.

Class, Coaching, Enough, Gone, Mind, World

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 one of my heroes, so I'm not going to say it was a silly stunt. I know too much about horses. They're highly unreliable, and they've got brains the size of golf balls.

Hero, Horse, Silly, Unreliable

Quite simply the Games are the biggest opportunity sport in this country has ever had. It is one that we must not squander.

Biggest, Country, Opportunity, Sports, Squander

There may be problems we still need to tease out, but we will leave no stone unturned in our bid to make London the host city.

Cities, Host, London, May, Needs, Stone

All pressure is self-inflicted. It's what you make of it or how you let it rub off on you.

Let, Make, Motivational, Rub, Self, Track

The London Games will be designed for the athletes and we will provide them with the very best venues and the very best conditions to pursue their sporting dreams in London.

Athlete, Dream, Games, London, Pursue, Venues

I've always felt that long, slow distance produces long, slow runners.

Distance, Inspirational, Motivational, Runners, Running, Slow

This is not going to be business as usual. This is business unusual

Business, Unusual, Usual

The Americans sowed the seed, and now they have reaped the whirlwind

Americans, Funny, Inspirational, Reaped, Seed, Whirlwind

The Paralympians have lifted the cloud of limitation.

Cloud, Clouds, Lifted, Limitation, Paralympians

If you lived in Sheffield and were called Sebastian, you had to learn to run fast at a very early stage.

Fast, Lived, Running, Sheffield, Stage

It is really important that we promote competitive support in schools. It is very important that we recognise that has to be underpinned by good quality physical education and by getting people into patterns of exercise.

Exercise, Good, People, School, Schools

Im not sure there are enough coaches in the system that can take young talent and consistently get them into the top five in the world.

Coaches, Enough, Five, Talent, Top, World

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

Sports, Thinking, Bridges, People, Think, Language

I became a great runner because if you're a kid in Leeds and your name is Sebastian you've got to become a great runner.

Kid, Kids, Name, Names, Running, Sebastian

Vision is a romantic thing. We have got into 'talent identification'. I am much more interested in passion - finding people who are really excited about doing something.

Excited, Finding, Passion, People, Vision

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

Alternatives, Prefer, Think, Thinking, Workaholic

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