I dated my first girlfriend for, like, two weeks in high school, and when you're in high school, it's so much different. I wanted to hang out with my friends and play video games and play paintball and do guy stuff. Girls were never around for my friends group. Ashton Eaton datefriendgame share on social
You're just constantly battling this thing that is telling you, 'I don't think I can do it.' I think we all have it. When you're fresh and alert, you can easily put those doubts down. But when you're tired, they easily come up to the surface. Ashton Eaton alertbattleconstantly share on social
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. Ashton Eaton decathlonfadefollow Change image and share on social
I do the whole 10-event thing, but at the end of the day, it's still track and field. Ashton Eaton dayendevent Change image and share on social
The first sport I played was baseball. I remember being on the Little League team and someone pitching the ball to me for the first time. I was ready to no longer hit the ball off the tee, and an adult pitched it to me underhand. Ashton Eaton adultballbaseball share on social
If I won a second Olympic title, maybe I would be tempted to go after a third. Ashton Eaton olympictempttitle Change image and share on social
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. Ashton Eaton capabilitycompetegoal Change image and share on social
What you do is you're using the other competitors to push yourself, because it's so hard to push yourself. Ashton Eaton competitorhardpush Change image and share on social
There's never going to be a decathlon that you're going to have 10 events that your satisfied with. You're always, always going to be dissatisfied in something, and that always draws you back to try to retry that the next time you do a decathlon. It's like you go for the perfect 10. Ashton Eaton backdecathlondissatisfy share on social
