Ashton Eaton Quotes
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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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It's about not going to the well all the time. The body has limits. The mind has limits, too.
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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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When you have an injury, you are hindered a little bit.
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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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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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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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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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The decathlon is exclusive company.
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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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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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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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Track and field is tougher physically, but golf is tougher mentally.
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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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The strong ones are the ones who realize that having a bad training day, those types of days are necessary.
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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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I'm not maximized yet.
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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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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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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 a second-degree black belt.
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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.