Decathlon Quote by Daley Thompson

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

— Bryan Clay

The decathlon takes so long to learn that people who are good athletes don't want to go back to the beginning again.

— Daley Thompson

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

— Ashton Eaton

Most people doing the decathlon these days are quite boring, so people don't relate to them.

— Daley Thompson

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…

— Ashton Eaton

I did my first triathlon when I was 11-years-old and it was just another new sport to try. I got better at it and…

— Alistair Brownlee

During the decathlon, I always think only of the next event and my personal record.

— Roman Sebrle

Decathletes have to train for every event: sprints one day, field events the next. You pump up to make yourself strong enough to throw?…

— Caitlyn Jenner

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…

— Dan O'Brien

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…

— Bryan Clay

We have a rich tradition here in the United States of great decathletes, which is amazing 'cause we have absolutely no program to develop…

— Caitlyn Jenner

I got interested in decathlon because a coach that I had was a big fan of Bruce Jenner, and he just saw the ability…

— Dan O'Brien