It's not easy waking up every single morning knowing what you're going to put your body through and having to do it. We don't have days off.

It's not easy waking up every single morning knowing what you're going to put your body through and having to do it. We don't have days off.

Before the decathlon I'm constantly trying to convince myself that I want to do this, that I want to take myself to that place where it's going to hurt and things are going to be tough. But that's like anything - you want to give your best.

You don't have to sacrifice who you are to follow your beliefs.

I've been telling people I'm in the best shape of my life, I've been training unbelievably hard.

My life was very Japanese.

Breaking the world record has always been in the works. I just need the right conditions and I can make it.