There are lots of women tennis players, for instance, but because not many of them seem to have much personality, they're interchangeable. You don't have a feeling about them. — 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
