Quotes by Steve Backley

About Steve Backley:

Stephen ("Steve") James Backley is a retired English athlete, who was formerly the world record holder for javelin throwing. During his career, he won four gold medals at the European Championships, three Commonwealth Games gold medals, and two silvers and a bronze at the Olympic Games, and two silvers at the World Championships.
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Although you can’t go back in time and alter your natural level of potential, you can determine how much of that ability you tap into, exploit and develop for the future.

Steve Backley

The way forward is to stop pestering yourself for answers and let it, the creative part of your mind, come up with the solution when the time is right.

Steve Backley

Your current apathy is simply your soul telling you that it is confused.

Steve Backley

Success is virulent. Once you get the bug then it’s in you.

Steve Backley

These are the people who will encourage you to go after your dreams and will inspire you to succeed. Stick to them like a barnacle to a rock.

Steve Backley

The people and successes in your life mirror your beliefs.

Steve Backley

If you decide not to take action, you are going to fail, and even if you do take action, if you can’t keep up your motivation, you will simply end up back where you started.

Steve Backley

For many, lack of achievement is more a consequence of fear of taking a chance and getting uncomfortable.

Steve Backley

To deliver your own personal maximum, you’ll realise there are no shortcuts; if you want to be a champion it is all about rolling your sleeves up and getting stuck in.

Steve Backley

Trust in your own beliefs or succumb to the influence of others’.

Steve Backley

Author Bio

  • NameSteve Backley
  • DescriptionBritish javelin thrower
  • BornFebruary 21, 1969
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionJavelin Thrower
  • AwardsOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire