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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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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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I can't remember when I wasn't running around doing some sort of a sporting activity.
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From the age of seven, I basically started practicing my hand-eye and foot coordination, balance, strength, endurance, discipline, and mental toughness three days a week until I was about 15.
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My biggest competitor? Myself, mentally.
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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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The thing I like about decathlon is also the thing I dislike: It's the maximum challenge, but also the maximum frustration.
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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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I haven't seen kids in years who have holes in the knees of their jeans. Now you go buy jeans with holes in them.
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I'm very happy to have set a world record in Tallinn. Estonians sure do love athletics and combined events!
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I would like to have a decathlon where all of my throws are really consistent and set the tone. That I'm good all-around, not just a speed and jump guy.
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I thought it'd be cool to start my own university, in a way.
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For me, I want 10 perfect events.
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The Olympic gold was like going to a theater and seeing a movie that had the ending you expected. But you left the theater thinking, 'You know, that was a good movie.'
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I think what's at risk is kids losing touch with being a kid. Being a kid is being defined differently than it was when you didn't have all this stuff you could put in front of your face.
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When I'm on the track, I like hearing the fans cheer me on.
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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 guess the decathlon's never an easy walkthrough.
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I would say 90 percent of the stuff we do is technical anyway. If you look at a two-hour training day, 12 minutes are probably spent running or gaining fitness.
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I am not the one who has to try to beat me.
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From the time I started the decathlon, I've loved the event. I didn't know why. I still don't know why.
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The first sport I played was baseball. I remember being on the Little League team and someone pitching the ball to me for the first time. I was ready to no longer hit the ball off the tee, and an adult pitched it to me underhand.
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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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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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