As a young child, I was never a crier. I never cried to get my way, or even when I was in pain.

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

It really means a lot that I won the gold medal - but I woke up the next morning expecting to feel different. I felt the same.

I always know where the scissors are.

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.

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

Try everything, because you're never sure what you're going to be great at.

To me, the decathlon is its own little society and I am part of that culture.

When I was little, I wasn't allowed to put sugar on my breakfast cereal because it made me so hyper.

Breaking the world record in '92 was a very special personal moment, but I'd say my favorite moment as a decathlete was winning the Olympic gold medal.

It's important for me to think I'm mixed-race.

We have the greatest people on Earth, but they're depleted.

If any be unhappy, let him remember that he is unhappy by reason of himself alone. For God hath made all men to enjoy felicity and constancy of good.

We have our own thoughts, and if we want others to know them, we must tell them.

I didn't know [director] Aaron Woodley at all, but I knew I wanted to be a part of [ The Entitled ].

But this is neither here nor there why do I mention it? Ask my pen, it governs me, I govern not it.

The media have been tireless in their efforts to suppress the truth about the gangster state.

Principles are things which one calls upon to avoid something unpleasant.

A hated government does not long survive.

When I'm having trouble I write by hand. There is some connection between the mind and the fingers that draws out words.

My mom's never been married. I've never even seen my mom kiss a dude.