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I've always had to have some kind of failure before I was successful.
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.
It's important for me to think I'm mixed-race.
To me, the decathlon is its own little society and I am part of that culture.
Try everything, because you're never sure what you're going to be great at.
I didn't get a ton of interest from colleges in baseball and football, but I was outstanding in track and had the sense that this would be my... →
As a young child, I was never a crier. I never cried to get my way, or even when I was in pain.
I call myself a chameleon.
After the failure in '92, my goal was to be a good pole vaulter. I used that as motivation.
I think what my parents did was perfect. They were strict, concerned about my safety and held me back just a little.
Nowadays, to be a good world-ranked decathlete, you need to be good at everything.
As athletes, we're defined by what we've accomplished. Those are what most people remember and what you get paid for. But I learned more from... →
I got interested in decathlon because a coach that I had was a big fan of Bruce Jenner, and he just saw the ability in me - but when it came down to... →
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