Ashton Eaton Quotes
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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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Even if you see a great performance, it's not always great getting there. There are injuries... Intrinsically or unconsciously, people understand that - people see those performances, and they know there are stories behind that.
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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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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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If I really felt like I was the world's greatest athlete, I'd get 10 great events. But I know that's pretty much not possible. That's the toughness of the decathlon.
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My goal in Korea is to win. There's no timetable when to set the American record.
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I actually like indoor track and field more than outdoor.
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Every day, we as athletes face several challenges during the training process, and it is imperative that we approach each situation carefully and with continued precision.
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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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Nike came to me and said, 'We're interested in the decathlon and interested in seeing if we can help you get as close to 10,000 points as we can.'
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What you do is you're using the other competitors to push yourself, because it's so hard to push yourself.
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As you get older and gain more experience, you're able to do multiple things. You don't necessarily have to focus so hard on your performance in order to have a good one.
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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 am actually a huge supporter of the Canadian athletes, and they are all really nice people.
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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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When I was growing up, I used to watch 'Power Rangers' and 'Ninja Turtles.' It seemed like every movie had someone doing martial arts in it, so I would go around punching and kicking trees.
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My local newspaper, the 'Bend Bulletin,' interviewed me while I was at high school after I had just signed with the University of Oregon. I remember I wore a University of Oregon hooded sweatshirt, and they took a picture of me in the long jump pit. I was freezing!
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When I see my mom in the stands, it always pushes me to succeed.
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I wouldn't have gone to a Division I school if I didn't have scholarship help. We couldn't afford it.
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The questions to ask are, why was the decathlon so popular before, and what happened to make it fade? I notice a lot of things in general tend to follow that up-and-down trend.
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I compete against myself in competitions anyway, so I train against myself in practice.
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I do the whole 10-event thing, but at the end of the day, it's still track and field.
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Universities are like a utopia in a way, because you're mentally stimulated, you're challenged, and you have a lot of young, creative minds wanting to do new things, different things. Better things.
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When I'm on the track, I like hearing the fans cheer me on.