Lynn Davies Quotes
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It's about somebody initially knowing more about it than you do but eventually you learn a lot about it yourself and practise the skills and techniques that you've been taught.
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I am delighted that Jason Gardener will be taking over from me as President of U.K. Athletics. With his competitive background in the sport as an Olympic champion coupled with his engaging personality and his experience as a board member of U.K. Athletics, he possesses all the qualities required to be a successful president.
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The Cardiff Half Marathon has already proved itself to be one of the biggest and best road races in the U.K., and when the best athletes in the world run on the same course, the times should be spectacular. But the real beauty of this event is that ordinary runners get the chance to line up on the same start line as the best athletes in the world.
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Dai Greene will be our greatest-ever Welsh athlete.
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It's about lessons for life. It's not just about winning either.
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It was not about the guy who could jump the furthest; it was about the guy who could jump the furthest on that particular day in the worst conditions of any Olympic long jump final.
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As a youngster, I enjoyed sport and my ambition was to be a great sportsman.
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People like Ellie Simmonds, David Weir, and Hannah Cockroft have become superstars alongside the likes of Mo Farah and Jessica Ennis. I think it has changed attitudes to disability.
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One of the top political issues of the day is how to combat young people not being active anymore.
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There are hurdles to overcome in sport and in life. Sport is a very valuable learning ground for how to live your life in the best possible way.
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Sport and life is about losing. It's about understanding how to lose.
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You can exercise right through to your 60s, 70s, 80s and even 90s.
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I believe the friendship of the Games still exists. There is a tremendous camaraderie and atmosphere at the Olympic and Commonwealth Games - where else could you go and sit down and have breakfast with a Russian weightlifter, an East German sprinter, and an Indian fencer and talk about different cultures and problems?
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I felt I was never going to beat Igor Ter-Ovanesyan or Ralph Boston because they were the joint world record holders.
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It's important for me that I stay in shape, although each year it gets a little harder.
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I had jumped about 6.40 metres with no training, no run-up, and certainly no skill, when this big, good-looking guy came up to me and told me I could be great.
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There's so much hard work, dedication, and focus goes in from not just the athletes but from the coaches, officials, governing bodies, and Sport Wales. It's a real team effort, and it's rightly called Team Wales.
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When you win, suddenly this celebrity status is hoisted upon you.
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If you have a coach helping you, developing your skills alongside you, that's when you're on your way to becoming not just a participant but achieving.
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To win an Olympic title when there are 205 nations taking part, you have to be super-human. You have to be superman.
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Success in sport is based on you thinking you are doing something to gain that edge, but if I wanted that little bit extra, I would go and run up sand dunes at Merthyr Mawr.
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Belief is such an important aspect of sport.
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U.K. Athletics needs to develop a financial independence so it no longer has to be subject to the whim of politicians. If you are reliant on government, there is a big problem.
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My sporting heroes were Ken Jones, Stanley Matthews, and Cliff Morgan.