Ashton Eaton Quotes
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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.
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In our marriage, the success of our athletic dreams comes before everything. 'Hey do you want to watch a movie?' 'No, I have a hard workout tomorrow.'
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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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Now that I'm older, I see the benefits of having free time to release energy.
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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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Track and field is tougher physically, but golf is tougher mentally.
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The opportunity to represent your country at the Olympic Games is earned, not given.
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I had a dream, my dream came true, and my mom was there for me every step of the way. We didn't do this for any other reason. I am so happy she is here to experience this with me. This would not be the same if she were not by my side.
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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 remember growing up, having sports to go to, having recess, those were the things I looked forward to. Yes, I'm an athlete, but I had buddies who weren't, and they looked forward to it, too.
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The decathlon is exclusive company.
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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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What I feel like I'm doing is showing people what is humanly possible when someone commits their entire life to something.
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When I'm later in the competition, I get antsy. I'm seeing everybody else go and achieve things. It's like I'm just twiddling my thumbs.
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I'm not much of a gym rat; I'd rather be running, but if it enables me to run faster, then I guess I can tough it out.
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I could never be a distance runner, because I can't run for more than ten minutes. There aren't enough iPod gigabytes in the world to make that worth it for me.
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You're just constantly battling this thing that is telling you, 'I don't think I can do it.' I think we all have it. When you're fresh and alert, you can easily put those doubts down. But when you're tired, they easily come up to the surface.
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My mom and I have been through a lot. But when you think about it, whose life is perfect? It is just really good because we did this together.
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I'm a second-degree black belt.
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I'm not maximized yet.
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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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I don't have one specific person that I think is the most athletic person.
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I think a challenge for myself is to see how many times I can get above 9,000. That would be a good challenge.
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I think watching multi-events is much worse than competing. Especially when you have vested interests because you go through the emotional ups and downs.