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 love Broadway. And, I listen to country music, which I think a lot of people find surprising.

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.

I'm competitive. I like to compete, and that's basically what the decathlon lets me do.

Repercussions are serious and they will take you places.