English - Athlete | May 21, 1994 -
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
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There are some great divers in Europe and I'm really excited about going to Eindhoven.
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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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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.
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You ask any Olympian what the year after the Olympics is like - you always get the Olympic blues.
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Every time you go up to the board, you get scared. It's more like adrenaline, though - you feel pumped and ready to go.
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I would say, if you come out, they can't take away how you play football. That was the thing for me: once I did come out, it's not going to affect my diving. I can still perform, no matter what anybody else thinks of me. I'm judged for what I do in the diving pool.
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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.
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The 2012 Olympics was such a high, but once it was over, I felt really down in the dumps. You don't really look beyond the event which you've spent four years preparing for, and so there's a bit of a comedown.
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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.
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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.
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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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