It really means a lot that I won the gold medal - but I woke up the next morning expecting to feel different. I felt the same.

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.

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

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.

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 really means a lot that I won the gold medal - but I woke up the next morning expecting to feel different. I felt the same.

And there is such a thing as a decathlon high. It's like a rock rolling down hill, picking up momentum. You get better and better.