Ashton Eaton Quotes
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If somebody wants me to do something I've never done, I can do it more easily because of all of the years of sports I've played.
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That's what has always been good about track. The goal is very clearly defined: Try to win. Get the gold medal. And I'm able to put my energy toward that.
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I'm a 'what's next?' guy. I don't know what that is, but I'm excited to find out and put the same kind of energy into it as I put into track.
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I think when the competitions come, I am always ready to go. I don't think I ever have not been.
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Know that even when you want to give up or throw in the towel, in the end it will all be worth the hard work.
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My mom took me to a taekwondo class, and I fell in love. I was seven years old.
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To be with the other two-time gold medalists is great, but it's great to just be a decathlete.
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I dated my first girlfriend for, like, two weeks in high school, and when you're in high school, it's so much different. I wanted to hang out with my friends and play video games and play paintball and do guy stuff. Girls were never around for my friends group.
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It has been a pleasure being in the same era. I mean, the guy's last name is Bolt, and he's the fastest man ever. You can't write a story like that, and so to be in the pages in there is nice.
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That is when the crowd really lifted me. That last 600 meters I was not running with my own legs. It was incredible.
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As an athlete, you really see a lot of the Instagram paradigm. Where it's just like, 'Me! Me! Me!' When you realize you can 'Give, Give, Give,' it's very interesting, and it's good.
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My key to dealing with stress is simple: just stay cool and stay focused.
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The more you do, the more attrition you experience.
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When I was a junior and an up-and-coming athlete, I don't think I looked to anyone for inspiration. I was so busy trying to improve myself and learning these new events and learning about the decathlon in general that I didn't really have time to focus on anyone else.
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You try to figure out the best way to throw the shot put, or the perfect way to long jump, and you don't ever get it. You just chip away, chip away, chip away as time goes on.
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When you're doing any event on an elite level, you're in tune with your body.
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The heptathlon world record is nice, but the decathlon is the event. I think the heptathlon is more like a practice. There is something completely different about the decathlon.
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I'm just happy to be part of the family, the decathlon family.
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As athletes, we love to say, 'Just one more; I'm going to figure it out on this next one.' It's tough to pull back the reins and do what is smart physically, listening to your body and always ending a workout or session feeling like I could have done more.
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It's about not going to the well all the time. The body has limits. The mind has limits, too.
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Even though decathlon is really long, there's always something different to look forward to, which is great for mental stimulation.
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When you have an injury, you are hindered a little bit.
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I haven't played a full round of golf yet, but I did make two pars my first time out on a golf course.
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There's never going to be a decathlon that you're going to have 10 events that your satisfied with. You're always, always going to be dissatisfied in something, and that always draws you back to try to retry that the next time you do a decathlon. It's like you go for the perfect 10.