Ashton Eaton Quotes

I wanted to challenge myself to reach my full potential as a player.

I want to wake up every day and feel that I'm training harder than my competitors, that I'm dieting harder, that I'm recovering better. That's what gives me confidence when I'm lining up on the blocks. I've never gone out to prove people wrong. I just want to be the best that I can possibly be.

There's no day when I don't think it would be great to be 25 years old and have the Olympics coming in less than 300 days - and be the best in the world. I can't think of anything so motivating.

I really thought to myself, 'If I'm going to do anything in this world, I am going to be the best I can be.' I have a tennis coach that has taken me as far as my body can go. I hired a private skiing coach during my birthday week. I have a private yoga instructor. I just don't understand why you wouldn't give yourself every advantage.

I'm not just a footballer; I'm a top athlete, and we have to be at the top of our game.

Knowing that guys are out there improving and trying to take it to that next level, that gives me fire to improve my play and work on these little things that can keep me from dominating a game.

I love athletics and martial-arts and competition because it gets me right and puts me in the right place.

You cannot get complacent because there's someone out there working harder than you. So you got to keep pushing yourself to be an elite player.

Anytime you get a better competition level, it's always better for you because you want to get the best out of yourself, and you want to compete against the best.

I am coming to the part of my career where I want to play more football.

As long as I have that support from my team, and I have that confidence in myself that I train really hard, I think there's no one out there who can defeat me in my weight class.

And it was a great experience, you know, to travel the world and compete at a certain level. It teaches you discipline, focus, and certainly keeps you out of trouble.

Part of what makes you great as a young player can hurt you at the end of your career, in terms of you need a certain amount of ego, a certain amount of arrogance to be able to play well and to push yourself and trick yourself into thinking you're better than you really are.

My favourite event was the 200m, so as I won the 100m, I thought it was possible I'd win the 200m.

As a competitor, I want to continue to keep turning the chapters and keep challenging myself.

Sochi will be my third Olympics, and I'm coming into these games in a stronger position than I've been in years past.

I'm always trying to figure out ways to one up everyone, and that's what I love about competitions. I love challenging myself and pushing the envelope.

I just want to give my best in London, I want to cross that line and see a personal best on the clock then I will see what position I am in.

I've probably given myself enough time to prepare for this meet and we're all different athletes so I can't take their results as what's going to be inevitable for me.

I feel challenged every day, when I come to work. I feel like I have to step up my game, and that's a great thing.

Sportspersons have to reinvent themselves every day. It helps them improve.

I have MMA strengths, but I need to build on my weaknesses.

Already in 2007 I thought I would be able to break the World record in the near future. That time Sammy Tangui was the pacemaker in Lausanne. I liked the way he was running. He is tall, he has a strong body and his stride is similar to mine. I told him in one of the coming years I would need him when I try to break the World record.

Just keep challenging yourself. I think that's a great thing.

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.'