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Dan O'Brien quotes: Nowadays, to be a good world-ranked decathlete, you need to be good at everything.

Nowadays, to be a good world-ranked decathlete, you need to be good at everything.

Dan O'Brien quotes: As a young athlete, it was first about having fun; then it was about winning.

As a young athlete, it was first about having fun; then it was about winning.

Dan O'Brien quotes: It's important for me to think I'm mixed-race.

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

Dan O'Brien quotes: As a young child, I was never a crier. I never cried to get my way, or even when I was in pain.

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

Dan O'Brien quotes: You know why divorce costs so much? Because it is worth it!

You know why divorce costs so much? Because it is worth it!

Dan O'Brien quotes: 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.

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.

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

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

Dan O'Brien quotes: I always know where the scissors are.

I always know where the scissors are.

Dan O'Brien quotes: To me, the decathlon is its own little society and I am part of that culture.

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

Dan O'Brien quotes: 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.

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.

Dan O'Brien quotes: Take pride in exactly what it is you do and remember it's okay to fail as long as you don't give up.

Take pride in exactly what it is you do and remember it's okay to fail as long as you don't give up.

Dan O'Brien quotes: I've always had to have some kind of failure before I was successful.

I've always had to have some kind of failure before I was successful.

Dan O'Brien quotes: When profound questions are asked of the heart, the answers are best kept to yourself.

When profound questions are asked of the heart, the answers are best kept to yourself.

Dan O'Brien quotes: I think what my parents did was perfect. They were strict, concerned about my safety and held me back just a little.

I think what my parents did was perfect. They were strict, concerned about my safety and held me back just a little.

Dan O'Brien quotes: You have to be able to be a good loser. You have to be okay knowing you're going to fail every day in something without getting mad and upset.

You have to be able to be a good loser. You have to be okay knowing you're going to fail every day in something without getting mad and upset.

Dan O'Brien quotes: Try everything, because you're never sure what you're going to be great at.

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

Dan O'Brien quotes: After the failure in '92, my goal was to be a good pole vaulter. I used that as motivation.

After the failure in '92, my goal was to be a good pole vaulter. I used that as motivation.

Dan O'Brien quotes: It took me time to realize that the men who won Olympic gold medals in the decathlon are just men, just like me.

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

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

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

Dan O'Brien quotes: You need to become more than one type of athlete. You have to be a sprinter, a weight man and a distance guy all in one.

You need to become more than one type of athlete. You have to be a sprinter, a weight man and a distance guy all in one.

Dan O'Brien quotes: There is nothing better than having a personal-best day, being in shape and pushing myself beyond my own limits.

There is nothing better than having a personal-best day, being in shape and pushing myself beyond my own limits.

Dan O'Brien quotes: If you never give up, you'll be successful.

If you never give up, you'll be successful.