Ashton Eaton Quotes
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Coping with injuries is always difficult for athletes because all we want to do is, basically, to have our best performances unhindered.
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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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My goal in Korea is to win. There's no timetable when to set the American record.
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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 am actually a huge supporter of the Canadian athletes, and they are all really nice people.
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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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When I see my mom in the stands, it always pushes me to succeed.
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I always try to do better than I have before, so I think it would be good to break the world record.
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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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To win two Olympic golds in a row like Daley Thompson is very special. One day, I'm going to have to meet Daley, shake his hand, and thank him for giving me something to chase after.
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I actually like indoor track and field more than outdoor.
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If I have to run to put myself in the hospital, if I have to run that hard, that's how hard I'll have to run.
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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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It would be fantastic to spend your whole life trying to pursue something and then finally, at the last moment, you achieve it. You know, instead of getting it in the middle of the pursuit and spending the second half giving it meaning.
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I'm a second-degree black belt.
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As a decathlete, you take pride in saying, 'The elements, I'm not going to let them affect me. It's just the 11th event. Another thing you have to fight through.'
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My biggest competitor? Myself, mentally.