I was playing little league baseball when Bruce Jenner was winning the gold but I don't think I was really paying attention at that time.

The decathlon includes ten separate events and they all matter. You can't work on just one of them.

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.

I always know where the scissors are.

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.

It took me time to realize that the men who won Olympic gold medals in the decathlon are just men, just like me.

Try everything, because you're never sure what you're going to be great at.

To me, the decathlon is its own little society and I am part of that culture.

When I was little, I wasn't allowed to put sugar on my breakfast cereal because it made me so hyper.

Breaking the world record in '92 was a very special personal moment, but I'd say my favorite moment as a decathlete was winning the Olympic gold medal.

It's important for me to think I'm mixed-race.

People are shaped by their emotions. That which profoundly affects them has a place in their hearts.

I am accountable for every lie that I tell, but I am also accountable for the effects of every harsh truth I deliver.

I don't mind the dark, and because it's Christmas, we've been busy putting lights up everywhere. High, so everyone knows we're okay.

When we learn how to become resilient, we learn how to embrace the beautifully broad spectrum of the human experience.

Dance with me, Death, I am ready.

I've always been a player and a person who wanted to be the best at whatever he did.

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

I've gotten to do a lot of weird stuff.

All spiritual journeys are martyrdoms

Only the Lord knows how many children lose heart because their fathers have hard days.