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.

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

Breaking the world record in '92 was a very special personal moment, but I'd say my favorite moment as a decathlete was winning the Olympic gold medal.

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.

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

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.

When first starting to work with someone you try to get them in the same mindset that you were in when you were successful, and I realized the best thing you can ever do is realize that they are not you. They have a different persona and mindset, and you have to figure out what works best within your communication with that athlete.