American - Athlete | January 21, 1988 -
That's what we want people to do. Select a goal or gold and go after it.
Ashton Eaton
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What I feel like I'm doing is showing people what is humanly possible when someone commits their entire life to something.
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I would say 90 percent of the stuff we do is technical anyway. If you look at a two-hour training day, 12 minutes are probably spent running or gaining fitness.
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I don't set goals. Competing with a number in your head can be limiting, and I don't know what my capabilities are yet.
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Even though decathlon is really long, there's always something different to look forward to, which is great for mental stimulation.
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I could never be a distance runner, because I can't run for more than ten minutes. There aren't enough iPod gigabytes in the world to make that worth it for me.
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My biggest competitor? Myself, mentally.
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I think what's at risk is kids losing touch with being a kid. Being a kid is being defined differently than it was when you didn't have all this stuff you could put in front of your face.
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I haven't seen kids in years who have holes in the knees of their jeans. Now you go buy jeans with holes in them.
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I'm not much of a gym rat; I'd rather be running, but if it enables me to run faster, then I guess I can tough it out.
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I compete against myself in competitions anyway, so I train against myself in practice.
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I'm a second-degree black belt.
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