Chloe Esposito Quotes

Not too many people know what a pentathlon is or what's involved, which is why visiting schools is good because they can learn about it at a young age and hopefully try it out.

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

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.

I've got to do Gotzis at least once.

You might have a great fence, a great shoot, run, and swim, but you might get a dodgy horse. Each country supplies the horse; you get 20 minutes to warm up with it, and then you have to do the jumping course. Pentathlon's difficult because everything has to come together.

Thankfully, I found athletics. My mum didn't like it at first, but the funny thing is that, now, she's the biggest athletics fan out there. She's a real expert, and she's got all the heptathlon books.

My last real race was at the Olympics in Sydney in 2000.

I love watching gymnastics, swimming, and track and field.

I'm a California Angels fan because that's the first game my dad took me to see, and they stuck with me.

My dad had a movie theater so I was there every night.

When I was really young, Dad wasn't that well known. I don't remember when I realised he was a writer, but I do remember him leaving his full-time job at the Central Electrical Generating Board to concentrate on books.

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.

My dad was a musician and I traveled around with him, so it was something that I knew.

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

I blame my grandmother for encouraging me to become an actress.

There isn't a dude outside my dad who had greater influence on my life.

I was really active athletically, definitely. I was a hurdler, a sprinter. I played basketball for years. I was a serious athlete.

To be with the other two-time gold medalists is great, but it's great to just be a decathlete.

I got a horse when I was eight or 10 years old. And dad used to take me to the rodeo back home. I got into it big time.

I think I was in the most historical and golden era of track and field.

In the television era, the second week of the Olympics is reserved for what is considered the marquee event: track and field.

Nike came to me and said, 'We're interested in the decathlon and interested in seeing if we can help you get as close to 10,000 points as we can.'

I do the whole 10-event thing, but at the end of the day, it's still track and field.

The heptathlon world record is nice, but the decathlon is the event. I think the heptathlon is more like a practice. There is something completely different about the decathlon.

Before I got into music, I studied sport and used to run for my county.