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"As a young athlete, it was first about having fun; then it was about winning."
Winning
"Through everything I've gone through- and I've been everywhere, at the top of the world, in jail, hung over drunk - I never gave up my dream of winning a gold medal in the Olympics."
Dream
"It took me time to realize that the men who won Olympic gold medals in the decathlon are just men, just like me."
Man
"Take pride in exactly what it is you do and remember it's okay to fail as long as you don't give up."
Confidence
"There is nothing better than having a personal-best day, being in shape and pushing myself beyond my own limits."
Being
"You have to be able to be a good loser. You have to be okay knowing you're going to fail every day in something without getting mad and upset."
Resilience
"To me, the decathlon is its own little society and I am part of that culture."
Society
"If you never give up, you'll be successful."
Success
"The decathlon includes ten separate events and they all matter. You can't work on just one of them."
Work
"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."
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