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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.

The decathlon takes so long to learn that people who are good athletes don't want to go back to the beginning again.

Daley Thompson quotes: I am an education ambassador, mainly working with schools.

I am an education ambassador, mainly working with schools.

Daley Thompson quotes: You can be an Olympic champion in 9.5 secs, but to be the greatest, there's more to it. It takes a bit of forethought and a lot of mental application.

You can be an Olympic champion in 9.5 secs, but to be the greatest, there's more to it. It takes a bit of forethought and a lot of mental application.

Daley Thompson quotes: Sometimes you have to resist working on your strengths in favour of your weaknesses. The decathlon requires a wide range of skills.

Sometimes you have to resist working on your strengths in favour of your weaknesses. The decathlon requires a wide range of skills.

Daley Thompson quotes: I am only about winning and getting better.

I am only about winning and getting better.

Daley Thompson quotes: 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 quotes: Sport fosters many things that are good; teamwork and leadership.

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

Daley Thompson quotes: Competition is my life; winning is my only goal

Competition is my life; winning is my only goal

Daley Thompson quotes: If you're not in it you can't win it.

If you're not in it you can't win it.

Daley Thompson quotes: Even if you've been involved in a World Cup, the Olympics is huge. Only the Games has the power to change communities.

Even if you've been involved in a World Cup, the Olympics is huge. Only the Games has the power to change communities.

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

I don't even have my own computer.

Daley Thompson quotes: 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.

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 quotes: People tend to like an athlete's performance, but if you don't get a feeling for the individual, you're not very emotive about them.

People tend to like an athlete's performance, but if you don't get a feeling for the individual, you're not very emotive about them.

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

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

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

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

Daley Thompson quotes: The only limitations are mental. The guy who thinks positively will win.

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

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

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

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

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

Daley Thompson quotes: Most people doing the decathlon these days are quite boring, so people don't relate to them.

Most people doing the decathlon these days are quite boring, so people don't relate to them.

Daley Thompson quotes: When I lost my decathlon world record I took it like a man. I only cried for ten hours.

When I lost my decathlon world record I took it like a man. I only cried for ten hours.

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

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

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

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

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

For kids it's natural to be competitive.