Daley Thompson Quotes About Sports

Quotes about: Sports

• Sport fosters many things that are good; teamwork and leadership.

  Daley Thompson

  Teamwork, Sports, Good Team

• When we stage the Olympics it will inspire kids all over the country. A kid in Scotland or Ireland will be encouraged to take up sport.

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  Motivational, Sports, Country

• Sport and health are so important to our nation that they deserve to be right at the front of people's minds.

  Daley Thompson

  Sports, People, Mind

  Interview with Tom Bryant, www.theguardian.com. July 14, 2008.

• 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.

  Daley Thompson

  Sports, Want, Firsts

• 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 Thompson

  Sports, Real, Hard Work

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