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
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.
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.
dream athlete games
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.
running stage sheffield
If you lived in Sheffield and were called Sebastian, you had to learn to run fast at a very early stage.
class mind coaching
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.
world talent enough
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.
team effort hawks
Our success in Singapore was a Herculean effort by the whole team. Now I am determined to deliver on all we promised. I will be watching like a hawk.
cities may stones
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.
usual unusual
This is not going to be business as usual. This is business unusual
needs be-confident blink
We need to be confident. We need not to blink.
running kids names
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.
horse silly hero
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.