Ashton Eaton Quotes

The Olympic gold was like going to a theater and seeing a movie that had the ending you expected. But you left the theater thinking, 'You know, that was a good movie.'

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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 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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• My mom took me to a taekwondo class, and I fell in love. I was seven years old.

  

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• I was never interested in golf until someone brought up the Get Golf Ready program to me.

  

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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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• 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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• The great thing about this is, and not to pump my own tires, but I feel like I'm not maximized yet. I feel like I can still run faster, jump higher, which I think makes it special. Hopefully, going to London, I'll be welcomed into the decathlon community.

  

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• I want to see where I measure up against everyone in the world and everyone who has ever competed in the sport, and there's that innate sense of wanting to challenge myself. I'm competitive in all aspects.

  

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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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• To be with the other two-time gold medalists is great, but it's great to just be a decathlete.

  

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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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• Track and field is tougher physically, but golf is tougher mentally.

  

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• The world record is like you we went to the theater to see this movie, and it was really good, and it had an unexpected ending, and you left the theater saying, 'Wow, that was such a great movie.'

  

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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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• After asking questions about current recovery techniques, the conversation prompted me to ask myself, 'Why does it feel good after running to pour a bottle of water over your head?' I don't know the physiological answer, but the fact that it does feel better makes me perform better.

  

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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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• If I won a second Olympic title, maybe I would be tempted to go after a third.

  

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• The only thing I want to think about the moments before a race is competing. I don't want the little things to distract me.

  

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