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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.

I'm like a decathlete who does all of the events he's used to, but is being forced by certain circumstances to focus on three events, and being forced to focus on events that he wasn't that interested in, and also weren't his strongest events.

To be with the other two-time gold medalists is great, but it's great to just be a decathlete.

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.

Being a decathlete is like having ten girlfriends. You have to love them all, and you can't afford losing one.

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

I just love playing so much, competing so much. You're able to put your losses behind you. One of the greatest attributes a decathlete can have is the ability to forget... to look ahead, not behind.

I'm like a decathlete without the body.

If I really felt like I was the world's greatest athlete, I'd get 10 great events. But I know that's pretty much not possible. That's the toughness of the decathlon.

Sometimes you have to resist working on your strengths in favour of your weaknesses. The decathlon requires a wide range of skills.