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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. "
Lynn Davies
Achieving
You
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" You've got to be a disciplined person if you want to succeed both in sport and in life. "
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" We must have PE teachers and coaches who are well trained and qualified. "
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" 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. "
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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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" It's about lessons for life. It's not just about winning either. "
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Either
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" One of our targets as a country is to now work very closely with the Commonwealth countries - they could become a very big market for us. "
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Now
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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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Skills
Knowing
Learn
" The reception and the welcome home was quite overwhelming but an indication of how much the Welsh people valued my winning in the Olympics - it was a great memory. "
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Home
Great
Winning
" 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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Breakfast
Believe
" Belief is such an important aspect of sport. "
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Aspect
Important
Belief
" Athletes peak for the Olympic Games and can take months to get back up to that level. "
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Peak
Back
Back Up
" 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
" 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. "
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Exercise
People
Need
" When you win an Olympic gold, it is such a powerful feeling that stays with you for the rest of your life. "
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You
Rest
Powerful
" 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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Felt
World
Going
" 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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Effort
Focus
Team
" I've been involved in sport right through my life. "
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Through
Right
My Life
" If athletes are found to have taken performance enhancing drugs, then they should be banned for two years, even if they are British. "
Lynn Davies
British
Two
Performance
" We have to harness the Olympic experience and this inspiration young people have to get into sport. "
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Young
People
Inspiration
" Sport and life is about losing. It's about understanding how to lose. "
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Understanding
Losing
How
" We're focusing on producing top, great athletes for the Olympics. "
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Focusing
Top
Great
" One of the top political issues of the day is how to combat young people not being active anymore. "
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Young
Political
People
" I am a sportsman, and I hate politics. "
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Am
I Am
Politics
" 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. "
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End
Top
Right
" You can exercise right through to your 60s, 70s, 80s and even 90s. "
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You
Through
Right
" Long jumping sounds simple - you run fast and jump well. But it is about getting all the technical bits right. "
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Jump
Run
You
" 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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Who
Jump
Guy
" I saw what politics did to the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984, and I would defend the right of a sportsman to go and play and perform where they want. "
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Politics
Play
Go
" 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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