78 Quotes by Daley Thompson

I’m competitive – that’s what defines me – and I love it.

I don’t even have my own computer.

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.

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

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.

During a photo-call with fellow Olympic gold medallist Duncan Goodhew- Pity Steve Ovett didn’t show up. Then we could have had the good, the bald and the ugly.

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

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.’

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.