I call myself a chameleon.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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