Ashton Eaton Quotes
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I'm not maximized yet.
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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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I don't set goals. Competing with a number in your head can be limiting, and I don't know what my capabilities are yet.
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I actually like indoor track and field more than outdoor.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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I must refine my training every day to give myself the best opportunity to achieve my dreams during the Olympic Games in Rio.
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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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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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I've got to do Gotzis at least once.
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For me, I want 10 perfect events.
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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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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 was one of those kids who, everything I tried sports-related, I liked.
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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 won't back down. I get a satisfaction from being tested and defeating the test.
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You see somebody on a football field make a great, athletic 70-yard run, but the athleticism is immeasurable. It's undoubtedly athletic, but compared to somebody else who did something else, how do you compare it? That's the great part of track and field. It's a test, but with results that you can compare to others.