I'm not maximized yet.

I won't back down. I get a satisfaction from being tested and defeating the test.

If you have done something once, you can do it again or you can do it better. The beauty is the pursuit of the limit, not the limit itself. At least that's what I hope people realize.

The desire definitely comes from within. There are only a few people who make it to this level and those are the ones who have that innate desire.

To do the best that I possibly could in my world makes me pretty happy.

Competition is pretty much the essence of everything, it gives humans drive.

It's important not to make the gold medal bigger than it is.

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

I think a challenge for myself is to see how many times I can get above 9,000. That would be a good challenge.

I wouldn't say there was a moment of realization when I wanted to be a runner; it was always just something I was.

I knew I could compete with most people in high school. It didn't quite give me an attitude, but it made me think I didn't have to try hard sometimes.

Don't make rash decisions while the world is dark. Wait for the light to make all things clear.

A word meant something only between people, and life’s meaning, its virtue, had something to do with the depth of the relationships we form.

He went to hell and back, to shut the door of his past, he would not let that door be opened again by others.

No one would have crossed the ocean if he could have gotten off the ship in the storm.

The German and the Brazilian market is small. When we went to France they know a lot more, than just the American comics. The audience there was much different.

There are some writers who also enjoy being authors, and are good at it as well. There is nothing performative about writing, but there is about being a writer.

We had to do the same thing here. To top that sequel was quite a task. Mike had a couple of good conceptual humour and character ideas, which got me back into it.

There is no point in being precise if you do not even know what you are talking about.

you have to be very careful when you give to others that you don't tell them how great you are rather than how much you value them.

Depression isn't about, 'Woe is me, my life is this, that and the other', it's like having the worst flu all day that you just can't kick.