Steve Ovett Quotes

#1. During a photo-call with fellow Olympic gold medallist Duncan Goodhew- Pity Steve Ovett didn't show up. Then we could have had the good, the bald and the ugly.

Daley Thompson

#2. Steve Ovett, Sebastian Coe, Steve Cram - the vanguard of our cream

Ron Pickering

#3. 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.

Daley Thompson

#4. And there's no "I love you" message because Steve Ovett has married the girl

David Coleman

#5. I really get a chance to be a normal kid.

Kiernan Shipka

#6. Husbands are like fires - they go out when they're left unattended.

Cher

#7. Inspiration is the key to everything.

Olivia Wilde

#8. Well, all's fair in love, war and fooling the critics.

Victor Borge

#9. The decathlon is nine Mickey Mouse events and the 1500 metres.

Steve Ovett

#10. If you're successful and stressed out, you're succeeding in spite of your stress, not because of it.

Andrew J. Bernstein

#11. There is no limit to how good you can get in pursuit of perfection.

Sachin Kumar Puli

#12. If you talk about sous-vide, then you have to talk about food safety, and microbiology, and heat.

Nathan Myhrvold

#13. Very few of us have any idea whatsoever of what life is like living in a goldfish bowl, except, of course, for those of us who are goldfish.

Graham Taylor

#14. There is no path I follow. I feel as if I'm just drifting along, because although I can progress physically, through my training, mentally and spiritually I don't know what the hell I'm doing. It's like that car sticker: 'Don't follow me, I'm lost'.

Steve Ovett

#15. My father was a great fan of the horses. His only regret was that I never ran in the Grand National.

Steve Ovett