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

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Through everything I've gone through- and I've been everywhere, at the top of the world, in jail, hung over drunk - I never gave up my dream of winning a gold medal in the Olympics.

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