Birthday boy Tom Daley on cover of “Attitude”

Diving champ Tom Daley is celebrating his 27th birthday today.

He’s on the cover of Attitude magazine this month and here is an excerpt from the article:

“I think all of my friends, if they were to describe me, I’m just one of those weird people that if I want to do something, I’ll do it,” Tom says of the mentality that’s propelled him to global sporting fame.

“I’m quite impulsive in that way, whether that be wanting to go to the Olympics, wanting to learn how to knit and crochet, becoming a planned parent, all of these things.

“I’m a big dreamer, but I also never put limits on what I can achieve, and I think that’s something that I’ve just always done from a young age.”

The three-time Olympian, who made his breakthrough at Beijing 2008 aged 14 before coming out publicly five years later while still a teenager, goes on: “I’m quite obsessive, if I set my mind to [do] something I’m very much addicted to getting there.