123 Quotes by Ashton Eaton

If you have done something once, you can do it again or you can do it better. The beauty is the pursuit of the limit, not the limit itself. At least that’s what I hope people realize.

The thing I like about decathlon is also the thing I dislike: It’s the maximum challenge, but also the maximum frustration.

I always liked running as a kid. You know how eating chocolate or ice cream makes you feel good? That’s the same way that running and competing makes me feel.

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.

I won’t back down. I get a satisfaction from being tested and defeating the test.

I’m not maximized yet.

I wouldn’t say there was a moment of realization when I wanted to be a runner; it was always just something I was.

It’s important not to make the gold medal bigger than it is.

I want to see where I measure up against everyone in the world and everyone who has ever competed in the sport, and there’s that innate sense of wanting to challenge myself. I’m competitive in all aspects.