Top 66 Quotes by Sebastian Coe

About Sebastian Coe

These are some quotes by British author Sebastian Coe Politician, who was born on September 29, 1956.

Charlie Parker was a genius, as was Lester Young.

Charlie Parker was a genius, as was Lester Young.

Sebastian Coe

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

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

Sebastian Coe

Marathons don't come to you overnight.

Marathons don't come to you overnight.

Sebastian Coe

Football was not what I was put on this planet to do.

Football was not what I was put on this planet to do.

Sebastian Coe

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.

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

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 the foot to come down with a slight supination and on a tilt to the outside.

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 the foot to come down with a slight supination and on a tilt to the outside.

Sebastian Coe

Since the break-up of the 1990s, Russia has not had winter sports facilities. All the winter sport venues were effectively located in countries that are no longer part of the federation. There is a strong argument for saying Sochi's legacy will be this country will have winter sports facilities it did not have before.

Sebastian Coe

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.

Sebastian Coe

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

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

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.

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

Sebastian Coe

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