Transactive memory works best when you have a sense of how your partners' minds work - where they're strong, where they're weak, where... →
Clive Thompson
In 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 Thompson
I have the mentality of a winner. I first went to the Olympic Games when I was 17, three weeks after my O-levels, and I remember sitting in a... →
I did not want to be the best black man of the year; I wanted to be the best man of the year.
We live in the best place on earth but at times the worst.
What 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... →
There's no day when I don't think it would be great to be 25 years old and have the Olympics coming in less than 300 days - and be the best... →
I was in the doldrums for a while after my athletics career ended in 1992. I spent six to eight hours a day training, for 18 years, and it took a... →
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... →
I do think that despite my best efforts to resist it, I am now a grown-up. It's due to lots of very difficult decisions that you make over a long... →
Emma Thompson