We put so much pressure on kids to excel in school at such a young age.

There was a French activist and writer, Simone de Beauvoir, who said, 'You are not born woman. You become one' ... Words I live by.

If you're going to dedicate every second to winning the decathlon, what are you doing wasting your time in bed?

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

What I'm doing is going to do some good and we're going to change the world.

I'm the type of guy who fails and fails and fails, and then, as if failure has become sick of him, succeeds.

I'm so happy after such a long struggle to be living my true self.