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.

Repercussions are serious and they will take you places.

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

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

I was blessed with certain gifts and talents and God gave them to me to be the best person I can be and to have a positive impact on other people.

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

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