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The thing I like about decathlon is also the thing I dislike: It's the maximum challenge, but also the maximum frustration.

Most people doing the decathlon these days are quite boring, so people don't relate to them.

The questions to ask are, why was the decathlon so popular before, and what happened to make it fade? I notice a lot of things in general tend to follow that up-and-down trend.

There's never going to be a decathlon that you're going to have 10 events that your satisfied with. You're always, always going to be dissatisfied in something, and that always draws you back to try to retry that the next time you do a decathlon. It's like you go for the perfect 10.

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

To me, the decathlon is its own little society and I am part of that culture.

When I was a junior and an up-and-coming athlete, I don't think I looked to anyone for inspiration. I was so busy trying to improve myself and learning these new events and learning about the decathlon in general that I didn't really have time to focus on anyone else.

Even though decathlon is really long, there's always something different to look forward to, which is great for mental stimulation.

I'm competitive. I like to compete, and that's basically what the decathlon lets me do.

For decathletes, our event goes all throughout the day so you're trying to go up and down and up and down emotionally and physically and you know mentally you're just on a roller coaster.