Daley Thompson

“I am only about winning and getting better.”

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

“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.”

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

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

“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.”