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

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

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.

We'll probably only consider a handful of individuals. We'll bring up people who can accumulate either innings or at-bats, so we can hopefully gauge where they stand as a prospective Major Leaguer.

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

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

There is nothing better than having a personal-best day, being in shape and pushing myself beyond my own limits.