Top 46 Quotes by Daley Thompson

About Daley Thompson

These are some quotes by English author Daley Thompson Athlete, who was born on July 30, 1958.

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

For kids it's natural to be competitive.

For kids it's natural to be competitive.

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 too long with the physio and the doctor, I knew it was time to call it a day. But I had no preparation for being retired and I didn't know what to do.

Daley Thompson

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.

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

I tend to eat vegetables only when I'm with the kids and the rest of the time, I'm a bit slack. But, I am weight-conscious, so I concentrate on avoiding junk food.

I tend to eat vegetables only when I'm with the kids and the rest of the time, I'm a bit slack. But, I am weight-conscious, so I concentrate on avoiding junk food.

Daley Thompson

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

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

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

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

Daley Thompson

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.

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

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.'

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.'

Daley Thompson

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