Seun Adigun

Moriam Seun Adigun (born 3 January 1987, Chicago, Illinois) is a Nigerian–American bobsledder, and track and field runner.

Seun Adigun in lane 1

Quotes

• Every single year we (Bobsled and Skeleton Federation of Nigeria) have taken a group of 68 athletes and coaches to learn and develop the sport. Our goal is to try and compete in 2026. We are developing them along the way, every single year it is getting better and better.
  • Top Stars Retain Titles At Nigeria Bobsled Championship, Channels TV, September 4, 2023.
• This sport (bobsled) is celebrating 100 years this year and we are only in our 5th year. it would interest you to see what we have been able to do in 5 years. this is due to our passion, dedication and willingness to be great.
  • Top Stars Retain Titles At Nigeria Bobsled Championship, Channels TV, September 4, 2023.
• This sport (bobsled) has the biggest learning curve that I probably have ever experienced in my life. I’ve learned a couple things along the way, but this is totally new. Take a driver who just freshly got their license —16 years old...They know what to do behind the wheel. They have an idea. But then go throw them in Daytona. It might be a little bit different type of driving. That’s how I feel. It’s just straight survival mode the entire time.
  • Shanley Pierce, In the Fast Lane with Olympian Seun Adigun, Texas Medical Center, January 23, 2018.
• I don’t believe that one body and the other operate the same, particularly in sports. You can’t just give two different people the same workout and expect their bodies to respond the exact same way. They may respond similarly, but there are going to be things that will differentiate between their outcomes. If you can understand the fundamentals of why their bodies respond differently, then you could also be able to contribute to those specific differences, to make that individual athlete better.
  • Shanley Pierce, In the Fast Lane with Olympian Seun Adigun, Texas Medical Center, January 23, 2018.
• The ability to be selfless is what drives your ability to actually see clearly.
  • Shanley Pierce, In the Fast Lane with Olympian Seun Adigun, Texas Medical Center, January 23, 2018.
• In being selfless, you’re able to see a lot more sometimes than you really want to. Sometimes you just have to be able to tackle that fear, particularly that of the unknown. It’s always easier to just turn away and walk away from it, but if you just open up to it, you’ll really be able to see exactly what your purpose is.
  • Shanley Pierce, In the Fast Lane with Olympian Seun Adigun, Texas Medical Center, January 23, 2018.
• When you ride on faith, you’re able to live in that element of selflessness. You’re able to live in that moment of fearlessness. I don’t attribute any type of individual success to myself, but more so to God’s will to put me in places to allow things to flourish or opportunities to present themselves.
  • Shanley Pierce, In the Fast Lane with Olympian Seun Adigun, Texas Medical Center, January 23, 2018.
• This is a real-life example of what it means to represent African excellence and a true testament to the fact that impossible is nothing. This milestone is truly a blessing.
  • Damola Durosomo, Seun Adigun Is the First African Athlete to Compete In Both the Winter & Summer Olympics, okayafrica, 2018.
• Everyone should be held to the same standard of fairness no matter what country they are representing and which sport they play. We all give so much of ourselves every single day and sacrifice our lives to be the best we can be naturally - no one should be able to dilute this efforts or strip them away by cheating. In any country where there is doping scandal, the system and the culture that was in place for this type of behaviour to be acceptable should be broken down and re-educated to prevent innocent-hearted athletes from being punished in the future.
  • Oral Ofori, Africa’s Star Skeleton Athletes Join Call For World Anti-Doping Policy Change, Modern Ghana, 16 November 2018.
• After we qualified for the Olympics, there was this uproar within Nigeria, the Nigerian diaspora, and non-Nigerian people. People were really excited that there was a winter effort and something positive happening for Nigeria.
  • Oral Ofori, Africa’s Star Skeleton Athletes Join Call For World Anti-Doping Policy Change, Modern Ghana, 16 November 2018.
• Fear is really just another opportunity to learn.
  • Henry Young, From wooden sleds in a Texas garage to the Winter Olympics for Nigeria, CNN Sports, December 29, 2017.
• This is beyond a dream come true. To be able to bring something back to not only the country of Nigeria – which has so gracefully given me my family, my culture and everything I stand by – but also to the continent of Africa and the world.
  • Henry Young, From wooden sleds in a Texas garage to the Winter Olympics for Nigeria, CNN Sports, December 29, 2017.
• To bring a gift for people to know that resilience is something that you can actually live to achieve, and that the fear of the unknown doesn’t need to be something that limits your ability to thrive in life...Those qualities will be important for everybody to be able to take in.
  • Henry Young, From wooden sleds in a Texas garage to the Winter Olympics for Nigeria, CNN Sports, December 29, 2017.
• Don’t be afraid to take that risk. Impossible is nothing.
  • Henry Young, From wooden sleds in a Texas garage to the Winter Olympics for Nigeria, CNN Sports, December 29, 2017.
• You can sometimes stand in front of a door without knowing what’s on the other side and open it. You won’t know what’s on the other side until you open it.
  • Henry Young, From wooden sleds in a Texas garage to the Winter Olympics for Nigeria, CNN Sports, December 29, 2017.
• Being in an uncomfortable place isn’t bad [and] it isn’t wrong; it’s just different. Sometimes you need to be able to take that chance.
  • Henry Young, From wooden sleds in a Texas garage to the Winter Olympics for Nigeria, CNN Sports, December 29, 2017.
• Although we're American, we're also Nigerian. We're actually Nigerian first. That's the one culture that we know, that we were raised to respect and understand. To show people that it's okay to be both and it's okay to represent where you're from is a powerful message that, hopefully, we've been able to translate.
  • 'New Generation of Nigerians' Marks Olympic Bobsled Debut, VOANews, February 13, 2018.
• You can’t coach someone to have passion, you can’t coach them to be dedicated, you can’t coach them to have heart and you can’t coach them to move with integrity or commitment and those are the things we are looking for.
  • Tolu Olasoji, After making Olympic history, Nigeria seeks more bobsled talent, Al Jazeera, 30 October 2019.