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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.

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 guess the decathlon's never an easy walkthrough.

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

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.

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

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 hurt and things are going to be tough. But that's like anything - you want to give your best.

From the time I started the decathlon, I've loved the event. I didn't know why. I still don't know why.

Speed is more important than endurance in the decathlon.