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.

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.

To me, the decathlon is its own little society and I am part of that culture.

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.

The decathlon includes ten separate events and they all matter. You can't work on just one of them.

I always know where the scissors are.

Take pride in exactly what it is you do and remember it's okay to fail as long as you don't give up.