Top 43 Quotes About Decathlon

#1. Thus, as a result of heightened consciousness, a man feels as if it's all right if he's bad as long as he knows it- as though that were any consolation.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

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#2. I could be winning the decathlon in high school, which I've won twice, yet, if my dad is in the audience, 'Oh look! It's Anthony Quinn.' And I'm like, 'Hello? Kid just got a gold medal. Hello? I'm over here.'

Francesco Quinn

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

Dan O'Brien

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#4. 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

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#5. If you're going to dedicate every second to winning the decathlon, what are you doing wasting your time in bed?

Caitlyn Jenner

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#6. I got interested in decathlon because a coach that I had was a big fan of Bruce Jenner, and he just saw the ability in me - but when it came down to it, I knew my best chance at a college scholarship would be in track and field.

Dan O'Brien

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#7. I think more and more people these days go for the safe option in film making.

Kate Winslet

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#8. Before the decathlon I'm constantly trying to convince myself that I want to do this, that I want to take myself to that place where it's going to hurt and things are going to be tough. But that's like anything - you want to give your best.

Bryan Clay

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#9. Speed is more important than endurance in the decathlon.

Caitlyn Jenner

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#10. Sometimes you have to resist working on your strengths in favour of your weaknesses. The decathlon requires a wide range of skills.

Daley Thompson

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#11. Be glad today. Tomorrow may bring tears. Be brave today. The darkest night will pass.

Sarah Knowles Bolton

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#12. The most challenging aspect of the decathlon is not the events themselves, but how you train to become the best 100-meter runner you are on the same day that you're the best 1,500-meter runner.

Bruce Jenner

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#13. 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

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#14. The decathlon is nine Mickey Mouse events and the 1500 metres.

Steve Ovett

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#15. The only thing I did is, I wore the same pair of socks in every decathlon I was ever in.

Caitlyn Jenner

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

Dan O'Brien

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#17. Look what happened with the employment law in France-the law was withdrawn because the people marched in the streets. I think what we need is a global protest movement of people who won't give up.

Jose Saramago

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#18. I'm first and foremost a guitar player. I've been playing since I was 12, which is over half of my life.

Annie E. Clark

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#19. If I were to compare the Olympic decathlon to fatherhood, I would say fatherhood is a lot tougher.

Caitlyn Jenner

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#20. There's never going to be a decathlon that you're going to have 10 events that your satisfied with. You're always, always going to be dissatisfied in something, and that always draws you back to try to retry that the next time you do a decathlon. It's like you go for the perfect 10.

Ashton Eaton

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#21. I was not interested in irony; I wanted to emphasize the primacy of the idea in making art.

Sol LeWitt

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#22. 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

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#23. To respect the opinions of those who stand against you is nothing short of courageous.

Raif Badawi

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#24. It hurts every day when you practice hard, but when this decathlon is over, I got the rest of my life to recuperate. Who cares how bad it hurts?

Caitlyn Jenner

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#25. I'm competitive. I like to compete, and that's basically what the decathlon lets me do.

Bryan Clay

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#26. I called Daley Thompson after the Games of '84, when he won. He'd had this phenomenal decathlon for nine events - and then he went out there and jogged the 1,500 meters and missed the world record by, like, three points.

Caitlyn Jenner

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#27. During the decathlon, I always think only of the next event and my personal record.

Roman Sebrle

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#28. Socialism and communism fall of their own weight because, as Margaret Thatcher said, you run out of other people's money. Because socialized medicine never falls of its own weight because you put people on lists, and they die waiting to get the treatment and care. So you don't go broke.

Louie Gohmert

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#29. We had a one bedroom, one bathroom, one closet apartment with four girls.

Connie Sellecca

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#30. When I was growing up, yearning with my pals to be a track star, one of our heroes was Bruce Jenner. He won a gold medal at the 1976 Olympics in the decathlon, and he adorned our Wheaties boxes. We all wanted to be Bruce Jenner.

Nicholas Kristof

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#31. I didn't even know what it was when I started. But I was lucky. I found it at 16. Most people don't discover decathlon until they're 21 or 22.

Daley Thompson

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

Bryan Clay

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#33. The thing I like about decathlon is also the thing I dislike: It's the maximum challenge, but also the maximum frustration.

Ashton Eaton

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#34. Agatha, you dressed as a bride for Halloween."
"Weddings are scary.

Soman Chainani

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#35. Most people doing the decathlon these days are quite boring, so people don't relate to them.

Daley Thompson

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#36. The only thing you must never speak of is your happiness.

Samuel Beckett

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

Daley Thompson

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#38. The whole decathlon is ridiculous, but the 1,500 meters is insanity.

Rafer Johnson

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#39. There's no doubt that I do have extremes of mood that are greater than just about anybody else I know.

Stephen Fry

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#40. There is a man who has won the decathlon of human existence."*

William F. Buckley Jr.

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#41. Oh but the gods do so love me," I shared softly. "To give me a man who would allow his soul to be taken over by the darkness of night, for he's a man who loves so deeply, he lost those who had his love, was cast into the shadows, and he refuses to crawl to the light.

Kristen Ashley

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#42. It was easy for me to be honest with him because there was nothing to lose.

Emery Lord

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#43. The great thing about this is, and not to pump my own tires, but I feel like I'm not maximized yet. I feel like I can still run faster, jump higher, which I think makes it special. Hopefully, going to London, I'll be welcomed into the decathlon community.

Ashton Eaton

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