World records are only borrowed. – Sebastian Coe
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. – Sebastian Coe
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. – Sebastian Coe
All pressure is self-inflicted. Its what you make of it or how you let it rub off on you. – Sebastian Coe
The one thing that matters is the effort. It continues, whereas the end to be attained is but an illusion of the climber, as he fares on and on from crest to crest; and once the goal is reached it has no meaning. РAntoine de Saint-Exup̩ry, The Wisdom of the Sands, translated from French by St