Daley Thompson Quotes

One of my goals is to play the Olympics in 2016. If you're able to represent your country in the Olympics everyone will understand you as a player and not many people do get to go to the Olympics.

The opportunity to represent my country at the Olympic Games is one of the greatest honors I've experienced in my career.

I'm so over the moon that I have the opportunity to represent my country at a third Olympic Games.

The opportunity to represent your country at the Olympic Games is earned, not given.

I have a lot of very happy memories of the Olympic Games, and the final against Nigeria and the goal mean an awful lot to me.

It means a lot; I always love to represent my country, and it's an honor to be part of the Olympics and be with other athletes.

If you are in your sport for your country, you should be able to go to the Olympic Games and represent your sport for your country bringing people together in the interests of sport. It's a fantastic Olympic ideal, and I uphold it as much as I can.

To be among the world's greatest athletes and compete for Team U.S.A. while knowing that the entire world is watching is something that athletes dream about. To be able to experience that was truly special.

When The Queen invited the Olympians to the Palace, I was first in line to speak to her. She said she watched the Games and how happy she was, how impressed she was with the boxing. She told me she'd watched my fight and enjoyed it. I didn't realise the effect I'd had on the whole country.

I was fortunate enough to coach the U.S. Olympic team in Australia.

Seriously, I love the Olympics so much it hurts.

We have a rich tradition here in the United States of great decathletes, which is amazing 'cause we have absolutely no program to develop these guys. Zero. There's nothing. They do it on their own, just like I did back in '76.

I raced locally for a year, went to Europe the year after and went to the Olympics the year after that.

I was around 15 when I first wanted to compete in an Olympics. I even remember the first time I got to wear a GB kit as a junior. I've even kept it. It's in my mum's loft somewhere, probably gone mouldy by now.

I have always loved the Summer Olympics.

My father represented India at the Olympics, and I also want to do that.

It's something special to break the world record at the Olympics.

I'm proud to be part of any Olympic team.

I love the Olympics. Something about the Olympics just makes everything competitive.

As it happens, I have personally been something of an enthusiast for the London Olympic games, mainly on the grounds a) that a bit of wasteland will be made nice and b) that it tends to make everybody happy that their country should be the centre of world attention for a couple of weeks in their life.

Nellie Kim, an Olympic champion from the former Soviet Union, got a 10 right after me in '76, but nobody talks about that.

I look back, in an endearing way, on that time of my life when I was competing at the Olympics.

I was so proud to have the chance to be able to represent Canada at the Olympics in Vancouver.

Winning HOYS set me up for the future and prepared me for riding in front of lots of people, but the real highlight was the London 2012 Olympics. Being able to go out in front of thousands of people, on your home ground, representing your country and winning gold medals is something I'll never be able to beat.

I saw U.A.E. play at the London Olympics for the first time and I was really impressed with how they played against the likes of Great Britain and Uruguay.