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 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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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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I actually like indoor track and field more than outdoor.
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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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When I'm on the track, I like hearing the fans cheer me on.
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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 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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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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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 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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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 do the whole 10-event thing, but at the end of the day, it's still track and field.
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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 was one of those kids who, everything I tried sports-related, I liked.
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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've got to do Gotzis at least once.
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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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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.
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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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For me, I want 10 perfect events.
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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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A perfect scenario would be to feel like you've just started on every event.