How many times do you take yourself to the brink of complete collapse? It's not a real fun place to go.

You take yourself to a place where you've got absolutely nothing left and then you find out you have to push yourself one more step. That's a tough place to be in.

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

I don't think anyone chooses the decathlon as much as it chooses you.

If I look what sport has done in my life, I don't think there's any doubt that sport can change lives.

My life was very Japanese.

It's not necessarily size that matters, it's how fast you move that implement.