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" As a youngster, I enjoyed sport and my ambition was to be a great sportsman. "
Lynn Davies
Sportsman
Great
Enjoyed
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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. "
Lynn Davies
Effort
Focus
Team
" Athletes peak for the Olympic Games and can take months to get back up to that level. "
Lynn Davies
Peak
Back
Back Up
" 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. "
Lynn Davies
Thinking
Doing
Run
" People need to have clear goals about why they are exercising, and they should consult a fitness expert to find out what kind of exercise is suitable. "
Lynn Davies
Exercise
People
Need
" Long jumping sounds simple - you run fast and jump well. But it is about getting all the technical bits right. "
Lynn Davies
Jump
Run
You
" The important thing for the future is that our schools and clubs have more and better coaches and teachers to ensure that all that enthusiasm, spirit and talent is harnessed and developed. "
Lynn Davies
Spirit
Future
Better
" We have to harness the Olympic experience and this inspiration young people have to get into sport. "
Lynn Davies
Young
People
Inspiration
" I still do cardiovascular exercises, aerobic exercises, and then strength training, as it's important to keep your muscle strength, as every decade you lose about 10% of this. "
Lynn Davies
Important
You
Training
" It's not just about a coach telling you what to do and just following it unthinkingly. "
Lynn Davies
Coach
You
Telling
" It is almost impossible to divorce sport from politics, but sport is such a positive factor in today's society - there is nothing else which will bring so many people together in that atmosphere. "
Lynn Davies
Positive
Together
Today
" I am a sportsman, and I hate politics. "
Lynn Davies
Am
I Am
Politics
" I remember one of my first international trips to Poland. After a long, tortuous journey, we arrived at the hotel exhausted but without the team management, who had gone ahead of us from the airport in cars, checked into the best rooms, and left us with what was left. "
Lynn Davies
Management
Journey
Best
" You've got to be actively involved in the process yourself and you've got to listen carefully to what the coach is saying, take that on board yourself and implement what the coach is saying. "
Lynn Davies
Listen
Saying
Process
" You've got to be a disciplined person if you want to succeed both in sport and in life. "
Lynn Davies
Want
You
Got
" 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. "
Lynn Davies
Live
Life
Learning
" 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. "
Lynn Davies
I Am
Experience
Champion
" I've been involved in sport right through my life. "
Lynn Davies
Through
Right
My Life
" 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. "
Lynn Davies
Who
Jump
Guy
" I felt I was never going to beat Igor Ter-Ovanesyan or Ralph Boston because they were the joint world record holders. "
Lynn Davies
Felt
World
Going
" 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. "
Lynn Davies
Training
Skill
Me
" It's not a bad idea to have gossip and talking points in athletics. "
Lynn Davies
Bad
Talking
Idea
" We must have PE teachers and coaches who are well trained and qualified. "
Lynn Davies
Who
Coaches
Teachers
" We're focusing on producing top, great athletes for the Olympics. "
Lynn Davies
Focusing
Top
Great
" Sport and life is about losing. It's about understanding how to lose. "
Lynn Davies
Understanding
Losing
How
" There are a lot of kids coming in to athletics, but there is also a big drop-out rate. We've got it right at the top end, but we have to maintain the base of the pyramid. "
Lynn Davies
End
Top
Right
" 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. "
Lynn Davies
World
Marathon
Run
" 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. "
Lynn Davies
You
Independence
Government
" Dai Greene will be our greatest-ever Welsh athlete. "
Lynn Davies
Will
Welsh
Our
" 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. "
Lynn Davies
Think
Become
Disability
" I played rugby in the winter, cricket in the summer, and for a brief period was on the books at Cardiff City. Athletics was only sports day for me. In fact, I never really liked it. I was never too keen on a sport that didn't have a ball at your feet. "
Lynn Davies
Day
Sports
Me