Steve Backley Quotes

• Lucky people will focus on what’s in front of them rather than scrabbling about for what they’re searching for.

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• The challenge for you is to decide not what is important, but what is most important and then focus your attention on that.

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• 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.

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• Compete like you cannot fail.

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• To think is good. To obsess is bad.

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• Every time a champion makes a decision they have a chance to learn something new, regardless of the outcome.

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• See it first in your mind, then become it.

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• The first step is the most important. It is the most crucial and the most effective as it will initiate the direction you have chosen.

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• Act like a champion, and then become one.

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• If you have positive energy you will always attract positive outcomes.

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• Invest your energy in the things you can control.

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• You can start to change your luck today. Begin believing that you can have what you desire and superior things will arrive.

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• A mind filled with negative thoughts makes you feel miserable and inadequate and will lead to failure after failure no matter how hard you try to succeed.

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• Like everything in life, it is not what happens to you but how you respond to it that counts.

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• Too often, people get stuck in a state of over thinking, the result is that they never reach a decision.

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• It is never about who is right or wrong, it is about what is best.

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• Athletes who are able to stay completely focused in pursuit of their dreams are the ones that are most likely to become champions.

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• Success is a decision, not a gift.

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Steve Backley (38)

Birth:	12th February, 1969
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Athlete, Author, Radio Presenter, Television Presenter

About

Stephen 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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