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.

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.

Breaking the world record in '92 was a very special personal moment, but I'd say my favorite moment as a decathlete was winning the Olympic gold medal.

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

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.

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