There is nothing better than having a personal-best day, being in shape and pushing myself beyond my own limits.

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.

And I bet it's harder than people think, isn't it? Everything looks so simple from a distance. Then, the more you look, the more you see. And that's when you have to rise to the challenge.

A teacher of mine once said there are no true synonyms.

Community service has become a patch for morality. You can devote your life to community service and be a total schmuck.

True love is still true, even if you can't live it the way you want to, " I told her.

You have eternity to experience your awakened self. So why not enjoy the dream while you’re in it, even if it is limited?

Today everyone is a star - they're all billed as 'starring' or 'also starring'. In my day, we earned that recognition.

We cannot trust in our own strength, but only in Jesus and in his mercy.

Love always causes trouble, that's true, but in its favour, it energizes.