Best Daley Thompson Quotes
- The decathlon takes so long to learn that people who are good athletes don't want to go back to the beginning again. Athlete
- 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 like… Base
- What used to drive me was the fact that I wanted to be better than everybody at something. One of my best qualities is that… Adverse
- I've still got a small fitness and conditioning business where I travel round the world doing stuff for individuals and corporations, mainly fitness training. Business
- In sport, if you want to be the best you have to compete against the best - I would much rather have come tenth and… Best
- If you work hard in real life, people tend to get in your way - either from inertia or prejudice - and they stop you… Achieve
- In my heart of hearts my motivation would always have been to be the best, and I think that athletics is probably what I was… Athletic
- Even if you've been involved in a World Cup, the Olympics is huge. Only the Games has the power to change communities. Been
- 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 anywhere.' Anywhere
- If you don't want to grow old, then slow down the slowing down process. Down
- We live in the best place on earth but at times the worst. Best
- Los Angeles was great fun because it was the polar opposite of Moscow in 1980. It was sunny and bright, lots of colours around, whereas… Angeles
- I think one of the things about being a good coach is to recognise when you have given all that you can. In fact there… All
- Athletes these days are too robotic. People like to see performances filled with emotion. In my career I tried to be amusing, to differentiate myself… Amusing
- If you're not in it you can't win it. Win