Repercussions are serious and they will take you places.

How many times do you take yourself to the brink of complete collapse? It's not a real fun place to go.

You take yourself to a place where you've got absolutely nothing left and then you find out you have to push yourself one more step. That's a tough place to be in.

Before the decathlon I'm constantly trying to convince myself that I want to do this, that I want to take myself to that place where it's going to hurt and things are going to be tough. But that's like anything - you want to give your best.

I don't think anyone chooses the decathlon as much as it chooses you.

You don't have to sacrifice who you are to follow your beliefs.