Ashton Eaton Quotes
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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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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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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 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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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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When you have an injury, you are hindered a little bit.
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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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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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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 decathlon is exclusive company.
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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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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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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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If I won a second Olympic title, maybe I would be tempted to go after a third.
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The first pet I remember was a cat called Baby. She would sleep with me, and I could call her from anywhere, and she would come running.
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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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Track and field is tougher physically, but golf is tougher mentally.
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In high school, I had a gold 1992 Ford Explorer. It was a gift. I used to have a terrible habit of locking the keys in the car when I used leave the car running to help it start on a cold morning. I think the local locksmith became used to me calling him.
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That's what we want people to do. Select a goal or gold and go after it.
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I'm a second-degree black belt.
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The strong ones are the ones who realize that having a bad training day, those types of days are necessary.
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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.