I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you're a musician, a writer, an athlete or a businessman, there is no getting around it. If you do, you'll win - if you don't, you won't.

It's not just about me. It's about all of us, accepting one another. We're all different... That's a good thing.

The most challenging aspect of the decathlon is not the events themselves, but how you train to become the best 100-meter runner you are on the same day that you're the best 1,500-meter runner.

When you accept yourself you are free from the need for others to accept you.

It caused more problems as a young kid, because the simple process of perceiving words on a piece of paper was hard for me. Many people think dyslexic people see things backwards. They don't see things backwards.

If I die... I'd be so mad at myself that I didn't explore that side of me.

I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability.