I was a good decathlete until I got with a coach that really knew how to train specifically for the event... I'd really describe it as like being a juggler; you have ten balls and you're trying to get them all in the air at the same time.

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

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.

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.

You know why divorce costs so much? Because it is worth it!

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.

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