Sebastian Coe
Sebastian Coe
Sebastian Newbold Coe, Baron Coe, CH KBE FRIBA, often referred to as Seb Coe or Lord Coe, is a British politician and former track and field athlete. As a middle-distance runner, Lord 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...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth29 September 1956
running waiting missing
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.
believe somewhere-else bronze-medal
To anyone who has started out on a long campaign believing that the gold medal was destined for him, the feeling when, all of a sudden, the medal has gone somewhere else is quite indescribable.
clouds limitation
The Paralympians have lifted the cloud of limitation.
running battle track-and-field
Tomorrow is another day, and there will be another battle!
sports country opportunity
Quite simply the Games are the biggest opportunity sport in this country has ever had. It is one that we must not squander.
running stage sheffield
If you lived in Sheffield and were called Sebastian, you had to learn to run fast at a very early stage.
winning order leader
Inspirational leaders need to have a winning mentality in order to inspire respect. It is hard to trust in the leadership of someone who is half-hearted about their purpose, or only sporadic in focus or enthusiasm.
sports thinking bridges
Sport is a universal language, building more bridges between people than anything else I can think of.
running distance long
I've always felt that long, slow distance produces long, slow runners.
running world records
World records are only borrowed.
passion people vision
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.
running world nine
The nine inches right here; set it straight and you can beat anybody in the world.
winning self discipline
Competing is exciting and winning is exhilarating, but the true prize will always be the self-knowledge and understanding that you have gained along the way.
athlete next-week years
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.