One of things I like about looking at pictures when you're young and also meeting back with old friends you haven't seen in a long time is, for me, it's a glimpse of who I was.


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KATE THOMPSON
Writers want publicity all the time, and they are always nagging their agents and publishers to give...
KATE THOMPSON
If there's a common thread to my books, it is that each involves an individual's journey. Th...
KATE THOMPSON
You know yourself, once you've had the excitement of riding thoroughbreds, it's not very int...
KATE THOMPSON
When in doubt, use brute force.
KEN THOMPSON
I don't think the Internet has replaced cities in any significant way, nor really could it. Citi...
CLIVE THOMPSON
I looked at her, with her hair spilled out on the pillows and the warmth of her body warming mine. A...
JIM THOMPSON
Know you what it is to be a child? It is to be something very different from the man of to-day. It i...
FRANCIS THOMPSON
I'm not a wilting flower. I'm honest, so I pick a lot of fights. I've burned a lot of br...
SCOTT THOMPSON
I will probably hear more in the next day or so. His last tests showed an improvement and he has inc...
ALAN THOMPSON
This job is well-suited for people who want to work hard. Some of the people who work here just love...
ALAN THOMPSON
I'm taking video evidence of a number of incidents over the last two years which happened at the Oly...
ALAN THOMPSON
(We're) in such a tight budget - like we have had every year, ... (If) you can increase reserves at ...
ALAN THOMPSON
Celtic is one of the world's biggest clubs and this agreement sets the seal on an amazing month for ...
ALAN THOMPSON
Congratulations on holding the line this year, ... We appreciate the efforts your department has had...
ALAN THOMPSON
I think sometimes people think, 'We'll leave it for Grant to do'.
ALAN THOMPSON
I think some of the guys prepared poorly,
ALAN THOMPSON
Had he been in a different era, he would have been the one, and this time he has been able to stand ...
ALAN THOMPSON
And they have got an ability to coach and an ability to swim. Even in the old days - whatever they w...
ALAN THOMPSON
In my heart of hearts my motivation would always have been to be the best, and I think that athletic...
DALEY THOMPSON
We live in the best place on earth but at times the worst.
DALEY THOMPSON
But if kids take up things like hockey and football they will go back to it.
DALEY THOMPSON
Having the ambition of becoming Olympic champion is a whole different ambition from wanting to be th...
DALEY THOMPSON
I have the mentality of a winner. I first went to the Olympic Games when I was 17, three weeks after...
DALEY THOMPSON
Kids are starting at such a low base rate in terms of fitness that it's taking them years to cat...
DALEY THOMPSON
When I lost my decathlon world record I took it like a man. I only cried for ten hours.
DALEY THOMPSON
Even if you've been involved in a World Cup, the Olympics is huge. Only the Games has the power ...
DALEY THOMPSON
I am only about winning and getting better.
DALEY THOMPSON
I'm obsessive. I want to know the answer to how good I am. Most people aren't.
DALEY THOMPSON
Athletes these days are too robotic. People like to see performances filled with emotion. In my care...
DALEY THOMPSON
Retiring was hard. I'd spent 15 years doing something I loved, but when you get older everything...
DALEY THOMPSON
Most people doing the decathlon these days are quite boring, so people don't relate to them.
DALEY THOMPSON
If you're not in it you can't win it.
DALEY THOMPSON
We crave instant success these days. If you are a really good sprinter and long jumper, you don'...
DALEY THOMPSON
People don't want to serve apprenticeships any more. Kids expect to be paid and treated really w...
DALEY THOMPSON
I think one of the things about being a good coach is to recognise when you have given all that you ...
DALEY THOMPSON
Sometimes you have to resist working on your strengths in favour of your weaknesses. The decathlon r...
DALEY THOMPSON
Being a decathlete is like having ten girlfriends. You have to love them all, and you can't affo...
DALEY THOMPSON
I'm competitive - that's what defines me - and I love it.
DALEY THOMPSON
I wouldn't swap the era I competed in for anything, not a day of it. I started out as an amateur...
DALEY THOMPSON
I tend to eat vegetables only when I'm with the kids and the rest of the time, I'm a bit sla...
DALEY THOMPSON
Kids have been let down by adults - we've tried to give them too much, we've tried not to im...
DALEY THOMPSON
If you work hard in real life, people tend to get in your way - either from inertia or prejudice - a...
DALEY THOMPSON
Sport fosters many things that are good; teamwork and leadership.
DALEY THOMPSON
For two decades the state has been taking liberties, and these liberties were once ours.
E.P. THOMPSON
There is no expeditious road To pack and label men for God, And save them by the barrel-load. ...
FRANCIS THOMPSON