Decathlon Quotes

The decathlon includes ten separate events and they all matter. You can't work on just one of them. ~ Dan O'Brien

It took me time to realize that the men who won Olympic gold medals in the decathlon are just men, just like me. ~ Dan O'Brien

In the two weeks following the All-Star Game, baseball was largely upstaged by the events of the XXI Olympiad in Montreal, including Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci's seven perfect 10.0 scores, Bruce Jenner's record-setting decathlon triumph, and the five gold medals won by U.S. boxers Howard Davis Jr., Sugar Ray Leonard, Leo Randolph, and brothers Leon and Michael Spinks - the mightiest performance of any American boxing team in Olympic history. ~ Dan Epstein

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

To me, the decathlon is its own little society and I am part of that culture. ~ Dan O'Brien

Most people doing the decathlon these days are quite boring, so people don't relate to them. ~ Daley Thompson

If I were to compare the Olympic decathlon to fatherhood, I would say fatherhood is a lot tougher. ~ Caitlyn Jenner

The decathlon takes so long to learn that people who are good athletes don't want to go back to the beginning again. ~ Daley Thompson

During the decathlon, I always think only of the next event and my personal record. ~ Roman Sebrle

I didn't even know what it was when I started. But I was lucky. I found it at 16. Most people don't discover decathlon until they're 21 or 22. ~ Daley Thompson

He wrote arguments for and against life; he began to think the slowest and most painful form of suicide was living, running the whole decathlon of suffering, no breather or bottled water. Fear of dying was irrational. Death was utilitarian. Decrease in net resource consumption and planetary suffering. Increase in net comedy. There was no afterlife but there was a right-before-death, and medical research said it was loopy and nice, all white lights and gentle voices. With booze it wasn't even scary. Some people with terrible lives didn't kill themselves, but that didn't mean they shouldn't. Most people weren't alive and didn't mind. You couldn't regret it. ~ Tony Tulathimutte

If you're going to dedicate every second to winning the decathlon, what are you doing wasting your time in bed? ~ Caitlyn Jenner

When I lost my decathlon world record I took it like a man. I only cried for ten hours. ~ Daley Thompson

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

It hurts every day when you practice hard, but when this decathlon is over, I got the rest of my life to recuperate. Who cares how bad it hurts? ~ Caitlyn Jenner

I called Daley Thompson after the Games of '84, when he won. He'd had this phenomenal decathlon for nine events - and then he went out there and jogged the 1,500 meters and missed the world record by, like, three points. ~ Caitlyn Jenner

The decathlon is nine Mickey Mouse events and the 1500 metres. ~ Steve Ovett

The thing I like about decathlon is also the thing I dislike: It's the maximum challenge, but also the maximum frustration. ~ Ashton Eaton

When Olympic decathlon gold medalist Bruce Jenner asked a roomful of Olympic hopefuls if they had a list of written goals, every one raised their hands. When he asked how many of them had that list with them right that moment, only one person raised their hand. That person was Dan O'Brien. And it was Dan O'Brien who went on to win the gold medal in the decathlon at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. Don't underestimate the power of setting goals and constantly reviewing them. ~ Jack Canfield

I got interested in decathlon because a coach that I had was a big fan of Bruce Jenner, and he just saw the ability in me - but when it came down to it, I knew my best chance at a college scholarship would be in track and field. ~ Dan O'Brien

The only thing I did is, I wore the same pair of socks in every decathlon I was ever in. ~ Caitlyn Jenner

I'm competitive. I like to compete, and that's basically what the decathlon lets me do. ~ Bryan Clay

Speed is more important than endurance in the decathlon. ~ Caitlyn Jenner

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. ~ Dan O'Brien