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I actually like indoor track and field more than outdoor.
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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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That's what we want people to do. Select a goal or gold and go after it.
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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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When I see my mom in the stands, it always pushes me to succeed.
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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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It's hard for me to speak of my own development. I'm the one behind the steering wheel, and it is easier to see where the vehicle is going when you are looking at it. For me, it feels like I have been doing the same thing all along.
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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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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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We are competing against ourselves.
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I compete against myself in competitions anyway, so I train against myself in practice.
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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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The strong ones are the ones who realize that having a bad training day, those types of days are necessary.
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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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Rather than realizing immediate physiological gain, the challenge is more about reducing the mental attrition from the two days to maximize each event.
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