What does Lord Coe find bizarre?
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Athletes who spent their time writing banal coments online during competitions instead of concentrating on winning medals.
Well said, Lord Coe. Not your biggest fan but thanks for having the guts to speak out agains the tidal wave of Twitter mania. Nice to hear somebody else agrees that there are things more important than instant fame and celebrity.
Coe worked hard and ended up with it all. Fame, position, authority, respect, money .....He didn't spend his time posing naked infront of the camera or playing with his phone. He knew that if he wanted the real prizes, NOW was his time.
Well said, Lord Coe. Not your biggest fan but thanks for having the guts to speak out agains the tidal wave of Twitter mania. Nice to hear somebody else agrees that there are things more important than instant fame and celebrity.
Coe worked hard and ended up with it all. Fame, position, authority, respect, money .....He didn't spend his time posing naked infront of the camera or playing with his phone. He knew that if he wanted the real prizes, NOW was his time.
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Is this sarcasm? I mean I think it is, but with the lack of vocal tone its always hard and it could go either way. Hmm, well I will take a dive
Lord Coe got all that for being very good at running. He is able to run really well, running on a flat surface really well.
I mean Norman Borlaug is pretty much an unknown, he didn't do anything as amazing as running really well. He just saved over a billion human lives, not running well.
But I suspect he's a bit of an old fart in reality. He was a Tory MP after all.
As if writing a 'banal' comment on Twitter is going to distract any athlete from performing to their best, by definition if it's 'banal' it hasn't required much thought so shouldn't be too distracting.
There is as much logic in saying it about Twitter as saying they shouldn't have banter with their fellow athletes. IMO
I do see his point though
Would that be the billions who would already be dead if he had done nothing?
Well I guess we will have to wait for a long time to see if they die. Which they will, because he didn't make them immortal. So I guess in the end he was wrong and we should just die and be done with it :P
It might be more effective if you sent him your congratulations via @sebcoe.
It's there lives. If you don't like them don't follow them..
That's all well and good, but he's being supported by a sporting establishment who funds his training.
You can say 'let him have fun' but he's got obligations. If he's told to knuckle down he pretty much has to. He can't do whatever he wants because it's his life. If he wants to do that then he has to make a choice about whether he wants to pursue sporting excellence or fanny about like a Twitter celebrity.
He's not getting papped pissed and falling out of nightclubs
He's 18, not 30. He has his whole life in front of him, plenty of time for him to achieve sporting excellence. He managed an Olympic bronze medal, even though he had to train while his dad was dying, give the boy a break.
Exactly. I also find the way my younger colleagues don't seem to be able to leave their phones alone for 5 minutes annoying, but it doesn't seem to be impacting on their work, so it's my problem not theirs.
And also managed to combine this with doing his A levels & achieving excellent results in those too.
Bet they bloody well did.