Top 39 Quotes & Sayings by Steve Backley

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a British athlete Steve Backley.

Last updated on April 17, 2025.

Stephen James Backley, OBE is a retired British track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. He formerly held the world record, and his 91.46 m throw from 1992 is the British record. During his career, he was a firm fixture in the British national athletics team. He won four gold medals at the European Championships, three Commonwealth Games gold medals, two silvers and a bronze at the Olympic Games, and two silvers at the World Championships. Currently, he is an occasional commentator for athletics competitions, especially the field events.

British - Athlete | Born: February 12, 1969

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Just identify the very first physical action you need to take, and do it.

Steve Backley

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

Steve Backley

Mix with positive-minded people as a means to tap into your unexploited potential.

Steve Backley

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

Steve Backley

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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Do you want to know what one of the secrets to achieving all of your goals is? You’ve got to be committed.

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

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Look for solutions, instead of being difficult; be more thoughtful, instead of allowing anger to burn you out. Look at things from a different perspective, embrace change, look out for opportunities and you will feel much more in control.

Steve Backley

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

Steve Backley

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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If you are able to focus unswervingly on your goals, then all that you desire will become yours.

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When you think a positive thought, you become positive.

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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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Success is simply never giving in to failure - either in mind or body.

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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.

Steve Backley

The only test is what you see when you look in a mirror.

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If obstacles are large, jump higher.

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If you remain static and wait for success to come to you it will certainly not happen.

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Invest your energy in the things you can control.

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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 people and successes in your life mirror your beliefs.

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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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It is true to say that the secret of a winning formula is the ability to accept that there is a vast area of unexploited potential beyond what you currently perceive to be your maximum.

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Explore. Train your conscious mind and your subconscious mind to start working for you by getting those great powers to move in a new direction. Start creating your own good luck today.

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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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Act like a champion, and then become one.

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