There's a difference between hurting when you lose and being a bad loser. You don't compete at the highest level of sport to feel comfortable about losing, but you behave in a civil way when it goes wrong because that is the flip side. Sebastian Coe badbehavecivil share on social
In 1981, I spoke at the Olympic Congress. I was scandalised that I was the first athlete to be given that chance. But I made the most of it. Sebastian Coe athletechancecongress Change image and share on social
I've always referred to my father as 'my coach' because we were always able to separate our relationship into the roles of coach and parent. Sebastian Coe coachfatherhave Change image and share on social
I will go to my grave believing that participation is best driven by the well-stocked shop window. Sebastian Coe believedrivegrave Change image and share on social
Football was not what I was put on this planet to do. Sebastian Coe footballplanetput Change image and share on social
In all Games, there is always a tendency, particularly in the lead up to the Games when there isn't much sport to talk about, to write about things that are not sport. Sebastian Coe gameleadsport Change image and share on social
My overwhelming concern will always be the well-being of the athletes. In Olympic sport, it is rare for competitors not to devote half their young life to this. Their families will have given up all sorts of things to allow them to do that. Sebastian Coe athletecompetitorconcern share on social
The characteristic shared by people at the top of their profession is that, to get better, they crave criticism. Most people don't like criticism, but if you are trying to shave two tenths of a second at 800 metres, that is what you crave. Sebastian Coe characteristiccravecriticism share on social
I started track and field when I was 12 and didn't get to an Olympic Games until I was nearly 23. By any stretch of the imagination that's a very long apprenticeship. Sebastian Coe apprenticeshipfieldgame Change image and share on social
My mother was Indian, brought up in Delhi. My grandparents were born in Bow and Poplar. Sebastian Coe bearbowbring Change image and share on social