I call myself a chameleon.

I got interested in decathlon because a coach that I had was a big fan of Bruce Jenner, and he just saw the ability in me - but when it came down to it, I knew my best chance at a college scholarship would be in track and field.

You can only look forward to a South Dakota winter if, as with childbirth, remodeling a house, or writing a novel, you're able to forget how bad it was the last time.

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.

Try everything, because you're never sure what you're going to be great at.

You have to be able to be a good loser. You have to be okay knowing you're going to fail every day in something without getting mad and upset.

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