Decathlete Quotes

#1. I'm like a decathlete who does all of the events he's used to, but is being forced by certain circumstances to focus on three events, and being forced to focus on events that he wasn't that interested in, and also weren't his strongest events.

Michael Nyman

#2. I just love playing so much, competing so much. You're able to put your losses behind you. One of the greatest attributes a decathlete can have is the ability to forget ... to look ahead, not behind.

Dan O'Brien

#3. Behind every good decathlete, there's a good doctor.

Bill Toomey

#4. Breaking the world record in '92 was a very special personal moment, but I'd say my favorite moment as a decathlete was winning the Olympic gold medal.

Dan O'Brien

#5. What's new is that the White House itself has now been corporatized. It's not politicians working for the corporate interests. They are the corporate interests. That's where Bush came from, and Cheney and Rumsfeld.

Jim Hightower

#6. Being a decathlete is like having ten girlfriends. You have to love them all, and you can't afford losing one.

Daley Thompson

#7. He who overcomes others has force; he who overcomes himself is strong.

Laozi

#8. No one ever confides a secret to one person only. No one destroys all copies of a document.

Renata Adler

#9. I like to take a puff or two before going on the air. I still get stage fright when I have to perform. A little grass gets rid of the problem.

Bob Denver

#10. To his doctrines I owe my great and glorious ambition for the sex to which I proudly belong and whose independence I shall defend until my dying day.

Rosa Bonheur

#11. Every new thing is a result of everything you wrote before.

Ru Freeman

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

Dan O'Brien

#13. I realized that it's my own fault that people take advantage of me. I should be around people who cherish my talents, my health, my time. I'm not a pawn for anyone's future business. I'm an artist. I deserve better than to be loyal to people who only believe in me because I make money.

Lady Gaga

#14. You are the only one that knows how high or how far you can fly.

Theodore Volgoff

#15. I was a good decathlete until I got with a coach that really knew how to train specifically for the event ... I'd really describe it as like being a juggler; you have ten balls and you're trying to get them all in the air at the same time.

Dan O'Brien

#16. Math and reading are my only weaknesses - other than that, I'm perfect.

Judah Friedlander

#17. If anyone tries to complicate your life, turn and walk away from them.

Caroline Myss

#18. There's a palace in your head, boy. Learn to live in it always.

Grant Morrison

#19. In some country patriotism is shown only for cricket. When it comes to responsibilities' they started blaming their own country, politician, people, and others. And ends up praising the western.

Vivek Thangaswamy

#20. The next great decathlete is going to be a runner. I still feel that a Dan O'Brien, if he was a runner and not a sprinter, could have gone over 9,000 points.

Caitlyn Jenner

#21. Try, reach, want, and you may fall. But even if you do, you might be okay anyway.
If you don't try, you save nothing, because you might as well be dead.

Ann Brashares

#22. I'm like a decathlete without the body.

David Hornsby