I am a sportsman, and I hate politics. Lynn Davies More Quotes by Lynn Davies More Quotes From Lynn Davies 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-your-life athlete sports 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 skills athlete way You've got to be a disciplined person if you want to succeed both in sport and in life. Lynn Davies athlete want sports 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 boards athlete process Sport and life is about losing. It's about understanding how to lose. Lynn Davies athlete sports life It's perseverance that's the key. It's persevering for long enough to achieve your potential. Lynn Davies perseverance keys athlete It's not just about a coach telling you what to do and just following it unthinkingly. Lynn Davies following coaches athlete 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. Lynn Davies skills knowing athlete It's about lessons for life. It's not just about winning either. Lynn Davies life-lesson athlete winning As a youngster, I enjoyed sport and my ambition was to be a great sportsman. Lynn Davies ambition athlete sports 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. Lynn Davies memory welcome home people 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 road best beauty world Long jumping sounds simple - you run fast and jump well. But it is about getting all the technical bits right. Lynn Davies jump you simple long 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? Lynn Davies you friendship believe breakfast 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 best team journey long The IOC are the guardians of the Olympic ideal. Lynn Davies guardians olympic ideal My sporting heroes were Ken Jones, Stanley Matthews, and Cliff Morgan. Lynn Davies ken cliff heroes were 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 performance found two years Dai Greene will be our greatest-ever Welsh athlete. Lynn Davies our will welsh athlete To win an Olympic title when there are 205 nations taking part, you have to be super-human. You have to be superman. Lynn Davies superman title win you
