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> [The decathlon takes so long to learn that people who are good athletes don't want to go back to the beginning again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daley-thompson/the-decathlon-takes-so-long-to-learn-that-people-who-are-good/)

[Daley Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daley-thompson/)

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## More by Daley Thompson

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daley-thompson/when-you-re-walking-into-the-stadium-you-just-say-to-yourself-the/)

[Daley Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daley-thompson/)

> [I did not want to be the best black man of the year; I wanted to be the best man of the year.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daley-thompson/i-did-not-want-to-be-the-best-black-man-of-the-year-i-wanted-to-be/)

[Daley Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daley-thompson/)

> [I'm obsessive. I want to know the answer to how good I am. Most people aren't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daley-thompson/i-m-obsessive-i-want-to-know-the-answer-to-how-good-i-am-most-people/)

[Daley Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daley-thompson/)

> [I don't even have my own computer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daley-thompson/i-don-t-even-have-my-own-computer/)

[Daley Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daley-thompson/)

> [If you don't want to grow old, then slow down the slowing down process.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daley-thompson/if-you-don-t-want-to-grow-old-then-slow-down-the-slowing-down-process/)

[Daley Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daley-thompson/)

> [The only limitations are mental. The guy who thinks positively will win.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daley-thompson/the-only-limitations-are-mental-the-guy-who-thinks-positively-will-win/)

[Daley Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daley-thompson/)

> [In sport, if you want to be the best you have to compete against the best - I would much rather have come tenth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daley-thompson/in-sport-if-you-want-to-be-the-best-you-have-to-compete-against-the/)

[Daley Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daley-thompson/)

> [Athletes these days are too robotic. People like to see performances filled with emotion. In my career I tried to be amusing, to differentiate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daley-thompson/athletes-these-days-are-too-robotic-people-like-to-see-performances/)

[Daley Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daley-thompson/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daley-thompson/kids-are-starting-at-such-a-low-base-rate-in-terms-of-fitness-that-it/)

[Daley Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daley-thompson/)

> [“Competition is my life; winning is my only goal”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daley-thompson/competition-is-my-life-winning-is-my-only-goal/)

[Daley Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daley-thompson/)

> [I'm competitive - that's what defines me - and I love it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daley-thompson/i-m-competitive-that-s-what-defines-me-and-i-love-it/)

[Daley Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daley-thompson/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daley-thompson/retiring-was-hard-i-d-spent-15-years-doing-something-i-loved-but-when/)

[Daley Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daley-thompson/)

> [But if kids take up things like hockey and football they will go back to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daley-thompson/but-if-kids-take-up-things-like-hockey-and-football-they-will-go-back/)

[Daley Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daley-thompson/)

> [The stopwatch doesn't lie. The tape measure doesn't lie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daley-thompson/the-stopwatch-doesn-t-lie-the-tape-measure-doesn-t-lie/)

[Daley Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daley-thompson/)

> [Sometimes you have to resist working on your strengths in favour of your weaknesses. The decathlon requires a wide range of skills.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daley-thompson/sometimes-you-have-to-resist-working-on-your-strengths-in-favour-of/)

[Daley Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daley-thompson/)

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