123 Quotes by Ashton Eaton

For me, I want 10 perfect events.

I compete against myself in competitions anyway, so I train against myself in practice.

I've got to do Gotzis at least once.

From the age of seven, I basically started practicing my hand-eye and foot coordination, balance, strength, endurance, discipline, and mental toughness three days a week until I was about 15.

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.

A perfect scenario would be to feel like you've just started on every event.

As an athlete, you really see a lot of the Instagram paradigm. Where it's just like, 'Me! Me! Me!' When you realize you can 'Give, Give, Give,' it's very interesting, and it's good.

I'm very happy to have set a world record in Tallinn. Estonians sure do love athletics and combined events!

I think watching multi-events is much worse than competing. Especially when you have vested interests because you go through the emotional ups and downs.