Having the ambition of becoming Olympic champion is a whole different ambition from wanting to be the greatest. — 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 of forethought and a lot of mental application. — 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 Image
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 Image
I'm obsessive. I want to know the answer to how good I am. Most people aren't. — Daley Thompson Copy Share Image
If you don't want to grow old, then slow down the slowing down process. — Daley Thompson Copy Share Image
The only limitations are mental. The guy who thinks positively will win. — Daley Thompson Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
But if kids take up things like hockey and football they will go back to it. — Daley Thompson Copy Share Image
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 Image
