Even if you've been involved in a World Cup, the Olympics is huge. Only the Games has the power to change communities. — Daley Thompson Copy Share Image
You can be an Olympic champion in 9.5 secs, but to be the greatest, there's more to it. It takes a bit… — Daley Thompson Copy Share Image
Being a decathlete is like having ten girlfriends. You have to love them all, and you can't afford losing one. — Daley Thompson Copy Share Image
During a photo-call with fellow Olympic gold medallist Duncan Goodhew- Pity Steve Ovett didn't show up. Then we could have had the… — Daley Thompson Copy Share Image
When I lost my decathlon world record I took it like a man. I only cried for ten hours. — Daley Thompson Copy Share Image
When we stage the Olympics it will inspire kids all over the country. A kid in Scotland or Ireland will be encouraged… — Daley Thompson Copy Share Image
Having the ambition of becoming Olympic champion is a whole different ambition from wanting to be the greatest. — Daley Thompson Copy Share Image
I have the mentality of a winner. I first went to the Olympic Games when I was 17, three weeks after my… — Daley Thompson Copy Share Image
There's no day when I don't think it would be great to be 25 years old and have the Olympics coming in… — Daley Thompson Copy Share Image
I wouldn't swap the era I competed in for anything, not a day of it. I started out as an amateur, and… — Daley Thompson Copy Share Image
When you're walking into the stadium, you just say to yourself, 'the 100m is the same anywhere, the shot put is the same weight… — Daley Thompson Copy Share
I did not want to be the best black man of the year; I wanted to be the best man of the year. — Daley Thompson Copy Share
I'm obsessive. I want to know the answer to how good I am. Most people aren't. — Daley Thompson Copy Share
In sport, if you want to be the best you have to compete against the best - I would much rather have come tenth… — Daley Thompson Copy Share
Athletes these days are too robotic. People like to see performances filled with emotion. In my career I tried to be amusing, to differentiate… — Daley Thompson Copy Share
Kids are starting at such a low base rate in terms of fitness that it's taking them years to catch up to where people… — Daley Thompson Copy Share
Retiring was hard. I'd spent 15 years doing something I loved, but when you get older everything seems to go. When I started spending… — Daley Thompson Copy Share
But if kids take up things like hockey and football they will go back to it. — Daley Thompson Copy Share
Sometimes you have to resist working on your strengths in favour of your weaknesses. The decathlon requires a wide range of skills. — Daley Thompson Copy Share
