Top 106 Quotes by Ashton Eaton

The heptathlon world record is nice, but the decathlon is the event. I think the heptathlon is more like a practice. There is something completely different about the decathlon.

What I feel like I'm doing is showing people what is humanly possible when someone commits their entire life to something.

Even though decathlon is really long, there's always something different to look forward to, which is great for mental stimulation.

As a decathlete, you take pride in saying, 'The elements, I'm not going to let them affect me. It's just the 11th event. Another thing you have to fight through.'

The questions to ask are, why was the decathlon so popular before, and what happened to make it fade? I notice a lot of things in general tend to follow that up-and-down trend.

Coping with injuries is always difficult for athletes because all we want to do is, basically, to have our best performances unhindered.

I am not the one who has to try to beat me.

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.

I do the whole 10-event thing, but at the end of the day, it's still track and field.

In our marriage, the success of our athletic dreams comes before everything. 'Hey do you want to watch a movie?' 'No, I have a hard workout tomorrow.'