Top 66 Quotes by Sebastian Coe

There is nothing so marginal as a party that has been in power for 18 years and slides into opposition. You influence nothing.

I joined the local athletics club when I was 12, that's what I did. I did it of my own volition.

I don't want to go back into politics - absolutely not.

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

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

Good running is the ability to have a very well defined on-board computer. The ability to judge distances when running in traffic.

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.

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.

I know many people who are actually queasy about the idea that their kids may harbour sporting ambitions.

Interviewing Hugh McIlvanney, I got to read lots of his stuff again. I'm a big fan of his writing.