Tom Daley Quotes

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Tom Daley

Profession : Athlete

Birth : May 21, 1994

I normally get four weeks off each year, so often I'll go to Los Angeles, or if I have a weekend off, I'll do a European city.

Tom Daley

We hope that the Commonwealth Sports movement is playing a meaningful role in the wider global conversation around tolerance, empowerment, and legal recognition for all.

Tom Daley

I'm partial to the Cornish coast, as it's near where I grew up in Plymouth. The views across the water are stunning. I love walking along the sandy beaches and the seafront paths.

Tom Daley

I think the real reason for my improvement is because I had such a long period in the off-season just working as hard as I could on all my new dives; making sure I did lots of repetition to get them consistent.

Tom Daley

Being happy in general makes life so much easier.

Tom Daley

When you're young, you think your parents are embarrassing and always saying and doing the wrong things, but as you get older you really appreciate how right they were about so much.

Tom Daley

Submerging myself in water makes me feel better after travelling. There's something about it that does it for me, and I usually go for a swim after every trip.

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I think if I am to win an Olympic medal I'll have to score like I did today.

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Exercise is key, of course, and people wrongly think you have to spend hours a day in the gym. Actually, you don't. All you need is simple equipment, and you can train in your living room.

Tom Daley

You can only do so much in the gym or pool. Seventy per cent of it is physical, but the final 30 per cent is down to the mental capacity to actually control what you can do in competition.

Tom Daley

Every time you go up to the board, you get scared. It's more like adrenaline, though - you feel pumped and ready to go.

Tom Daley

Obviously in 2008 it was 538 (to win an Olympic gold) and most of my scores have been over that this year.

Tom Daley

I didn't look at any of the newspapers, I look at the pictures sometimes, but apart from that I don't read them.

Tom Daley

I was World Series champion in individual and synchro for the first time which was awesome.

Tom Daley

It means so much to be European champion again with a personal best and I couldn't have asked for anything more.

Tom Daley

Training hasn't been consistent for the last week or so which was a bit annoying, but going into the competition I just had to get myself into the right mind frame.

Tom Daley

I'm not allowed to celebrate as normal eighteen year olds probably would but I'm going to save it for after the Olympics!

Tom Daley

Finishing overall champion at the World Series in both the individual and synchro events has given me great confidence and I'm pleased I've been diving with consistency.

Tom Daley

There are some great divers in Europe and I'm really excited about going to Eindhoven.

Tom Daley

Once, every four years, you get an opportunity to compete in the Olympics. You have these six dives that decide whether you're an Olympic medallist or not, which is quite intense.

Tom Daley