Through everything I've gone through- and I've been everywhere, at the top of the world, in jail, hung over drunk - I never gave up my dream of winning a gold medal in the Olympics.

I was playing little league baseball when Bruce Jenner was winning the gold but I don't think I was really paying attention at that time.

As a young child, I was never a crier. I never cried to get my way, or even when I was in pain.

I always know where the scissors are.

It's important for me to think I'm mixed-race.

I think what my parents did was perfect. They were strict, concerned about my safety and held me back just a little.

And there is such a thing as a decathlon high. It's like a rock rolling down hill, picking up momentum. You get better and better.