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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

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

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

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

I am only about winning and getting better. — Daley Thompson

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

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

Competition is my life; winning is my only goal — Daley Thompson

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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