- Leadership
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Kids
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- Nov 07, 2020
For kids it's natural to be competitive.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
But if kids take up things like hockey and football they will go back to it.
- Win
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you're not in it you can't win it.
- Earth
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- Nov 07, 2020
We live in the best place on earth but at times the worst.
- Lost
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I lost my decathlon world record I took it like a man. I only cried for ten hours.
- Losing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being a decathlete is like having ten girlfriends. You have to love them all, and you can't afford losing one.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most people doing the decathlon these days are quite boring, so people don't relate to them.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Kids are starting at such a low base rate in terms of fitness that it's taking them years to catch up to where people like me started from. Every little bit is making it more difficult for kids to succeed on a world stage.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my heart of hearts my motivation would always have been to be the best, and I think that athletics is probably what I was built for.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sport and health are so important to our nation that they deserve to be right at the front of people's minds.
- Skills
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes you have to resist working on your strengths in favour of your weaknesses. The decathlon requires a wide range of skills.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
There were only ever two black kids at my school. I never considered myself to be 'a black kid'. I was who I was. Which isn't to say things haven't happened to me that wouldn't have happened if I wasn't black.
- Measure
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- Nov 07, 2020
The stopwatch doesn't lie. The tape measure doesn't lie.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wouldn't swap the era I competed in for anything, not a day of it. I started out as an amateur, and people like myself, Seb Coe, Steve Ovett, Steve Cram, Tessa Sanderson and the rest did it for the glory of winning medals for our country.
- Defines
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm competitive - that's what defines me - and I love it.
- Fun
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- Nov 07, 2020