Author: Daley Thompson

Quotes

Sport fosters many things that are good; teamwork and leadership.

Sport fosters many things that are good; teamwork and leadership.

- 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.

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

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.

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

Being a decathlete is like having ten girlfriends. You have to love them all, and you can't afford losing one.

Being a decathlete is like having ten girlfriends. You have to love them all, and you can't afford losing one.

- Daley Thompson

Sport and health are so important to our nation that they deserve to be right at the front of people's minds.

Sport and health are so important to our nation that they deserve to be right at the front of people's minds.

- Daley Thompson

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.

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

It's good to be difficult to know. Too many people are too easy to know.

It's good to be difficult to know. Too many people are too easy to know.

- Daley Thompson

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

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

- Daley Thompson

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