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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.

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Sebastian Coe
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: September 29
Athletics Competitor
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British Politician
Middle-Distance Runner
Politician
London
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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.
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Sport is a universal language, building more bridges between people than anything else I can think of.
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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.
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Tomorrow is another day, and there will be another battle!
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This is not going to be business as usual. This is business unusual
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Quite simply the Games are the biggest opportunity sport in this country has ever had. It is one that we must not squander.
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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.
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