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.

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

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

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

We have to lie to ourselves as decathletes and say that we like all ten events.

I'm excited to be a part of the Olympic movement again.

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.