Ashton Eaton Quotes

I guess the decathlon's never an easy walkthrough.

The whole decathlon is ridiculous, but the 1,500 meters is insanity.

Playing a three-hour Rush show is like running a marathon while solving equations.

The English league itself is very strong physically, very demanding.

The thing that's so tough about 'Broken Skull Challenge' is you're going head-to-head with another human being who may or may not be stronger than you and may or may not want it more than you.

I like a match that shows strength, stamina, scientific technique.

I feel like five rounds is nothing for me.

It's a very competitive thing, pro sports. The hardest thing in pro sports is staying up there.

I love sports. I love being active. I love challenging myself. I was a jock growing up from the time I could walk.

If you don't eat properly, it affects your energy level. You are an athlete when you're onstage. You can't get tired.

If I really felt like I was the world's greatest athlete, I'd get 10 great events. But I know that's pretty much not possible. That's the toughness of the decathlon.

From the time I started the decathlon, I've loved the event. I didn't know why. I still don't know why.

There is no drama like the drama on the athletic field.

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 decathlon is exclusive company.

Isn't it great to go race for 16 days straight?

As tired as I am, I can always go another round, and I feel the other guy can't.

That's the great thing about this sport: it's always different.

Having new opponents re-energises us as talent, as we're not having to make new out of something that's been the same every week.

Where the marathon starts is after 30 kilometers. That's where you feel pain everywhere in your body. The muscles are really aching, and only the most prepared and well-organized athlete is going to do well after that.

I thought that basketball and soccer were hard. And then I went to track practice. It's just running and running and running. And my event was the 400 hurdles. I ended up qualifying for state. But looking back on it, track was hard.

I'm fascinated by sports, the buzz of winning, and the buzz of losing.

The best mark of a player is to beat him over a long distance.

Big Brother makes a game where it's competitive, not just a handicap match. Mentally, physically, strategically, emotionally, it's an even match. When you compete 100%, it's a real competition.

We prided ourselves at Oregon, where teams said they were going to try to beat us down and try to manhandle us, and maybe in the first quarter they were running with us, but it was just, 'Let's see how they are come the fourth quarter when they're tired, and they've had 70 to 80 plays coming at them non-stop.'