Ashton Eaton Quotes
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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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Track and field is tougher physically, but golf is tougher mentally.
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Now that I'm older, I see the benefits of having free time to release energy.
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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 decathlon is exclusive company.
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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 not maximized yet.
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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.
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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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The desire definitely comes from within. There are only a few people who make it to this level and those are the ones who have that innate desire.
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The strong ones are the ones who realize that having a bad training day, those types of days are necessary.