Athlete Quote by Dan O'Brien

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 Olympics represent a global standard - for men, for women, for athletics.

— Rain Dove

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

— Dan O'Brien

So what if I never win my fifth gold medal; It's only one end of the string. It's competing that matters. It's proving that…

— Al Oerter

I love who I am. But being a woman competing in a male-dominated sport and always trying to push the envelope as a female…

— Elana Meyers

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

— Bryan Clay

“If you are a guy full of shit without the gold medal, if you get the gold medal you are still a guy full…

— Didier Berthod

I still can't believe I'm an Olympic athlete.

— Shawn Johnson

When I lost my decathlon world record I took it like a man. I only cried for ten hours.

— Daley Thompson

Every single race that I get on the podium in biathlon, I'm shocked.

— Oksana Masters

One thing I've learned from winning an Olympic medal is that it's really exhausting.

— Mikaela Shiffrin

As a female athlete, you're always fighting to be on a level playing field with your male counterparts. But I believe the Olympics is…

— Allyson Felix