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" My sporting heroes were Ken Jones, Stanley Matthews, and Cliff Morgan. "
Lynn Davies
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" 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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" 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. "
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" As a youngster, I enjoyed sport and my ambition was to be a great sportsman. "
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" You can be even fitter at 60 than you were at 20. "
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" It's about lessons for life. It's not just about winning either. "
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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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" 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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" Sport and life is about losing. It's about understanding how to lose. "
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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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" We're focusing on producing top, great athletes for the Olympics. "
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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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" 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 not just about a coach telling you what to do and just following it unthinkingly. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" It's important for me that I stay in shape, although each year it gets a little harder. "
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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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" 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. "
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" It's not a bad idea to have gossip and talking points in athletics. "
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" When you win, suddenly this celebrity status is hoisted upon you. "
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" The IOC are the guardians of the Olympic ideal. "
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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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" Athletes peak for the Olympic Games and can take months to get back up to that level. "
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