Athlete Quote 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…

— 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.

— Daley Thompson

I'm obsessive. I want to know the answer to how good I am. Most people aren't.

— Daley Thompson

I don't even have my own computer.

— Daley Thompson

If you don't want to grow old, then slow down the slowing down process.

— Daley Thompson

The only limitations are mental. The guy who thinks positively will win.

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Daley Thompson

“Competition is my life; winning is my only goal”

— Daley Thompson

I'm competitive - that's what defines me - and I love it.

— 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…

— Daley Thompson