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

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

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

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

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.

It's important for me to think I'm mixed-race.

I call myself a chameleon.