Daley Thompson Quotes

Half this game is 90 percent mental.

Before, when Bolt was in the race, it was about who's going to get second. You just come and want to watch Bolt run, it's always exciting because you know he always puts on a show.

Sometimes I think it is best if, after a big game, you play another big game.

We need to be always prepared for every match.

All you have to do is play better than the other guy and things go well. If you don't play better than the other players then somebody takes your place. Now a lot of guys, in this day and time with the transient nature of the sport, as soon as the competition gets too good, they want out.

Track and field has always interested me.

Hurdling, sprinting, athletics in general, is always in the back of your mind.

Speed is more important than endurance in the decathlon.

I went to Beijing for the Olympics and was literally right across the track from Usain Bolt. And when he gets to full stride, for every two steps the other guy's taking, he's just taking one.

I had a good chance when I went to Beijing and the guy who beat me, I'd beaten him three weeks before and he went on to win silver.

Coaching is easy. Winning is the hard part.

Ninety percent of hockey is mental and the other half is physical.

When I'm out on the football field, I have so much confidence in what I'm doing.

No way did I ever think I was going to win the 100m.

You can get a big gust of wind, and your Olympics are over.

As professional cricketers, we have to ensure that we are battle-ready all the time.

I trained myself to perform on the field.

There are younger, stronger swimmers coming up and they are hungry. I can't influence what they do, I only know what I can do and I know how greedy I am to defend my title.

I started competing in cross-country when I was seven years old.

I tried to make the Olympics team in 1956.

Rivalries don't necessarily mean races being close at major championships. I had a rivalry with Butch Reynolds for many years. I won all the races, but Butch was the world record holder before I came into the sport, he was extremely talented and he was the only other man running 43 seconds.

My last real race was at the Olympics in Sydney in 2000.

I think I was the best baseball player I ever saw.

Nobody likes to hear it, because it's dull, but the reason you win or lose is darn near always the same - pitching.

I'd love to compete in the Summer Olympics.