Colin Jackson Quotes
b. 1967
Colin Ray Jackson, (born 18 February 1967) is a Welsh former sprint and hurdling athlete, sports commentator and television personality.
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As an athlete your creative side gets crushed because there’s nothing for you to do but deliver this [performances]. But I had friends who were producers and I really loved what they were doing.
Because you’re 25, ranked number one in the world and think you’re untouchable.
If they produce what they’re supposed to produce, and get in line, then will they come back in.
Yes, If the federation have proven they’ve cleaned up their act.
People always say to me I’m an eight-year-old with money.
The people you have to blame for Justin being in the position where Justin is in is our sport and our federation, not Justin.
I wasn’t going to make the same mistake. But that’s what sport is about. Tough lessons. And you have to learn from those tough lessons. You’re a fool if you don’t.
Well, if they clean up their act, yes. I see no reason why not. But they’ve first got to clean up their act and prove that they’ve cleaned up their act.
You have a choice,And you can get it in your mind that these people are cheating around you, or you can concentrate on what you’re doing and just train hard and do the best that you can do. Otherwise it could become an excuse for not performing.
I was probably the softest of everybody [on the BBC team], But as I’ve already said to people, everyone knows clearly what my stance is on drugs in the world of sport. So I don’t really have to keep reiterating that to the general public.
Oh, he should have a life ban — in my opinion, The problem with a life ban and taking away someone’s chance to work at what is their job is that the test is not 100% foolproof accurate. Once you have a tiny margin for error, it’s hard to enforce life bans.