If you work hard in real life, people tend to get in your way - either from inertia or prejudice - and they stop you achieving things. It's the worst thing about real life compared with sports, where you generally get what you deserve: if you're the fastest guy, you win; there are no other games being played.
Daley ThompsonSport and health are so important to our nation that they deserve to be right at the front of people's minds.
Daley ThompsonIn my heart of hearts my motivation would always have been to be the best, and I think that athletics is probably what I was built for.
Daley ThompsonWhat used to drive me was the fact that I wanted to be better than everybody at something. One of my best qualities is that I used whatever other people found to be an adverse thing to be a positive thing for myself.
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