My life was very Japanese..

For so long I wanted to win the gold medal.Then I won. I had to figure out what was the new motivation to take myself to that place again..

How many times do you take yourself to the brink of complete collapse? It's not a real fun place to go..

Before the decathlon I'm constantly trying to convince myself that I want to do this, that I want to take myself to that place where it's going to hu….

I love Broadway. And, I listen to country music, which I think a lot of people find surprising..

I've been telling people I'm in the best shape of my life, I've been training unbelievably hard..

I think to actually be an Olympian to me means that you've trained most of your life, or you've dedicated most of your life or a big chunk of your li….

You don't have to sacrifice who you are to follow your beliefs..

I have a black lab named Luke..

It's kind of fun to hear that other people deal with the same kinds of issues that you do..

It's not necessarily size that matters, it's how fast you move that implement..

I like golf, hiking, camping, boating and fishing..

If I look what sport has done in my life, I don't think there's any doubt that sport can change lives..

I do catch myself driving around singing tunes, but I don't know if it's necessarily show tunes..

We have to lie to ourselves as decathletes and say that we like all ten events..

I train six to seven hours every single day. I wake up six days a week and know that it's going to be the same thing..

Our house was always full of grandparents and aunts and uncles and cousins..

I don't think anyone chooses the decathlon as much as it chooses you..

I was blessed with certain gifts and talents and God gave them to me to be the best person I can be and to have a positive impact on other people..

Repercussions are serious and they will take you places..

You take yourself to a place where you've got absolutely nothing left and then you find out you have to push yourself one more step. That's a tough p….