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Ashton Eaton

Last year I was the favorite going into the world champs in Beijing, but I felt like I had to do something phenomenal in order to win. Instead of just having fun and competing, it became "I want to win so bad." But the person who wants it the most doesn't win. It's the person who executes. I still look back on that 200-meter race and say what the hell happened? I wasn't hurt, I wasn't sick, the conditions were perfect, and I ran like total crap.

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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.

genius ashton eaton

To do the best that I possibly could in my world makes me pretty happy.

genius ashton eaton

Competition is pretty much the essence of everything, it gives humans drive.

genius ashton eaton

The desire definitely comes from within. There are only a few people who make it to this level and those are the ones who have that innate desire.

genius 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.

genius ashton eaton

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