Daley Thompson Quotes

I don't think anyone chooses the decathlon as much as it chooses you.

I guess the decathlon's never an easy walkthrough.

If I really felt like I was the world's greatest athlete, I'd get 10 great events. But I know that's pretty much not possible. That's the toughness of the decathlon.

We don't have an off-season. Every other sport has an off-season. It just goes to show how tough we are.

You imagine running 120 miles a week, week in, week out, for the past four or five years. It takes a little bit out of you.

The decathlon includes ten separate events and they all matter. You can't work on just one of them.

A lot of the motivation for doing the 'Make 'Em Laugh' on SNL was because I had just finished shooting 'Inception,' where there were zero-gravity scenes and I got into really good shape and was training and did all these stunts. Coming off of that, that instilled me with the confidence to do 'Make 'Em Laugh.'

Since a month, two months ago, you know, I've started hitting the ball well. I'm playing some really good tennis. That really helps. I sort of have to motivate myself to get pumped up. It really helps my game a lot.

We have to lie to ourselves as decathletes and say that we like all ten events.

I just love playing so much, competing so much. You're able to put your losses behind you. One of the greatest attributes a decathlete can have is the ability to forget... to look ahead, not behind.

I think about my goals. There were a lot of times in gymnastics when I really didn't want to go in and train, but you can't make it to the Olympics if you don't train!

Before the decathlon I'm constantly trying to convince myself that I want to do this, that I want to take myself to that place where it's going to hurt and things are going to be tough. But that's like anything - you want to give your best.

There's a lot of ingredients go into being a good tennis player.

Twyla's works are complex, and they really push you as an athlete and push you spiritually as well. Before doing a Twyla ballet, you have to get everything in order: You have to get a good night's sleep, you have to eat well, you have to be in great shape, and then you just go and leave it all out there.

Old-school guys, they don't need to see the doctor, the massage therapist. We'd come in when we was 21; we'd go right to the court and start shooting.

You're going to hurt, yes. You're going to have tweaks and problems. But you're a football player; you can play through those.

As a decathlete, you take pride in saying, 'The elements, I'm not going to let them affect me. It's just the 11th event. Another thing you have to fight through.'

When it comes to sports, it requires a lot mentally and physically.

The catching position is hard. You have to find a way to do a lot of things, to be in the game. When you get older, when you're 38 years old, you have to find a way to be on the field.

When you play against Athletic, you know there is no easy ball.

In college, the whole two years, I never sat out a practice or a game. So your body kind of wears down.

No team can play really good in 50 games. During the season, you will not play that well all the time.

There have been other players of a similar build and stature to myself - slim, if you like - who have come here and shown a physical resilience in the way that I hope to as well.

I have come to see what the Tour is about, and it has been harder than I imagined. You don't realise what it is like until you actually compete.

Over the season you have waves. It is very hard to go through the whole season at the same standard and winning games in the same way.