I'm competitive. I like to compete, and that's basically what the decathlon lets me do.
For so long I wanted to win the gold medal.Then I won. I had to figure out what was the new motivation to take myself to that place again.
Repercussions are serious and they will take you places.
I train six to seven hours every single day. I wake up six days a week and know that it's going to be the same thing.
You don't have to sacrifice who you are to follow your beliefs.
How many times do you take yourself to the brink of complete collapse? It's not a real fun place to go.