As a youngster, I enjoyed sport and my ambition was to be a great sportsman.
From Lynn Davies
It's perseverance that's the key. It's persevering for long enough to achieve your potential.
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.
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.
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.
It's about lessons for life. It's not just about winning either.
Sport and life is about losing. It's about understanding how to lose.
You've got to be a disciplined person if you want to succeed both in sport and in life.
It's not just about a coach telling you what to do and just following it unthinkingly.
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.
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