“I tend to eat vegetables only when I'm with the kids and the rest of the time, I'm a bit slack. But, I am weight-conscious, so I concentrate on avoiding junk food.” KidsBitsConsciousWeightVegetablesAvoidingJunkJunk Food Author:Daley Thompson
“But if kids take up things like hockey and football they will go back to it.” IfsKidsFootballHockey Author:Daley Thompson
“Ever since I was a kid, whatever situation I was presented with, I always made the most of it.” MadeKidsSituation Author:Daley Thompson
“Kids are starting at such a low base rate in terms of fitness that it's taking them years to catch up to where people like me started from. Every little bit is making it more difficult for kids to succeed on a world stage.” PeopleWorldYearsLittlesKidsBitsDifficultTermStageSucceedLittle BitLowsRateStartingLike Me Author:Daley Thompson
“People don't want to serve apprenticeships any more. Kids expect to be paid and treated really well and all that guff before they've achieved anything. It doesn't work like that. You have to spend five or six years being relatively rubbish and put up with it. For that you don't deserve to be getting lottery money.” PeopleWantYearsWellsKidsFiveSixDeservePaidTreatedRubbishLotteryApprenticeship Author:Daley Thompson
“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.” CountryMotivationalKidsSportsStageInspireAthleteIrelandOlympicsScotlandBe Encouraged Author:Daley Thompson
“There were only ever two black kids at my school. I never considered myself to be 'a black kid'. I was who I was. Which isn't to say things haven't happened to me that wouldn't have happened if I wasn't black.” IfsTwoKidsSchoolBlackHappenedHavens Author:Daley Thompson
