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.

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.

I call myself a chameleon.

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

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.