You need to become more than one type of athlete. You have to be a sprinter, a weight man and a distance guy all in one.

When I was little, I wasn't allowed to put sugar on my breakfast cereal because it made me so hyper.

You need to become more than one type of athlete. You have to be a sprinter, a weight man and a distance guy all in one.

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.

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

It took me time to realize that the men who won Olympic gold medals in the decathlon are just men, just like me.

As a young athlete, it was first about having fun; then it was about winning.