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.

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.

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

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

As a young athlete, it was first about having fun; then it was about winning.

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

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