27 Daley Thompson Quotes for You to Enjoy

Daley Thompson

English Athlete

Born: Jul 30, 1958

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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 Moscow was dark and oppressive. Daley Thompson

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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 I used whatever other people found to be an adverse thing to be a positive thing for myself. Daley Thompson

Kids have been let down by adults - we've tried to give them too much, we've tried not to impose discipline. We've tried to make their lives easier and, in doing so, we've taken something away from them. Kids like boundaries, they also like to be pushed, need to learn what failure is all about, need guidance. Daley Thompson

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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 should be some sort of unspoken law that says that a coach cannot have anyone for three or four years - if you have not passed on most of the stuff you know in that time, then you are not doing a good job. Daley Thompson

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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

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If you work hard in real life, people tend to get in your way - either from inertia or prejudice - and they stop you achieving things. It's the worst thing about real life compared with sports, where you generally get what you deserve: if you're the fastest guy, you win; there are no other games being played. Daley Thompson

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I was in the doldrums for a while after my athletics career ended in 1992. I spent six to eight hours a day training, for 18 years, and it took a long time to get over the regret that I wasn't competing in major championships any more. All I ever wanted to be was the best. But I find new projects and I keep things in perspective. Daley Thompson

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Ever since I was a kid, whatever situation I was presented with, I always made the most of it. Daley Thompson

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I don't even have my own computer. Daley Thompson

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There's no day when I don't think it would be great to be 25 years old and have the Olympics coming in less than 300 days - and be the best in the world. I can't think of anything so motivating. Daley Thompson

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People don't want to serve apprenticeships any more. Kids expect to be paid and treated really well and all that guff before they've achieved anything. It doesn't work like that. You have to spend five or six years being relatively rubbish and put up with it. For that you don't deserve to be getting lottery money. Daley Thompson

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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. Daley Thompson

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Having the ambition of becoming Olympic champion is a whole different ambition from wanting to be the greatest. Daley Thompson

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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

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I didn't even know what it was when I started. But I was lucky. I found it at 16. Most people don't discover decathlon until they're 21 or 22. Daley Thompson

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The stopwatch doesn't lie. The tape measure doesn't lie. Daley Thompson

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In sport, if you want to be the best you have to compete against the best - I would much rather have come tenth and be judged against everyone than come first and be judged against just a few. Daley Thompson

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For kids it's natural to be competitive. Daley Thompson

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But if kids take up things like hockey and football they will go back to it. Daley Thompson

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We live in the best place on earth but at times the worst. Daley Thompson

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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 me started from. Every little bit is making it more difficult for kids to succeed on a world stage. Daley Thompson

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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 built for. Daley Thompson

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