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Ashton Eaton

Profession : Athlete

Birth : January 21, 1988

If I won a second Olympic title, maybe I would be tempted to go after a third.

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

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I thought it'd be cool to start my own university, in a way.

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In high school, I had a gold 1992 Ford Explorer. It was a gift. I used to have a terrible habit of locking the keys in the car when I used leave the car running to help it start on a cold morning. I think the local locksmith became used to me calling him.

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When you have an injury, you are hindered a little bit.

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I'm not maximized yet.

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In our marriage, the success of our athletic dreams comes before everything. 'Hey do you want to watch a movie?' 'No, I have a hard workout tomorrow.'

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Rather than realizing immediate physiological gain, the challenge is more about reducing the mental attrition from the two days to maximize each event.

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My local newspaper, the 'Bend Bulletin,' interviewed me while I was at high school after I had just signed with the University of Oregon. I remember I wore a University of Oregon hooded sweatshirt, and they took a picture of me in the long jump pit. I was freezing!

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It's hard for me to speak of my own development. I'm the one behind the steering wheel, and it is easier to see where the vehicle is going when you are looking at it. For me, it feels like I have been doing the same thing all along.

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If somebody wants me to do something I've never done, I can do it more easily because of all of the years of sports I've played.

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It has been a pleasure being in the same era. I mean, the guy's last name is Bolt, and he's the fastest man ever. You can't write a story like that, and so to be in the pages in there is nice.

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Track and field is tougher physically, but golf is tougher mentally.

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What you do is you're using the other competitors to push yourself, because it's so hard to push yourself.

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That's what we want people to do. Select a goal or gold and go after it.

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As you get older and gain more experience, you're able to do multiple things. You don't necessarily have to focus so hard on your performance in order to have a good one.

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I'm a second-degree black belt.

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That's what has always been good about track. The goal is very clearly defined: Try to win. Get the gold medal. And I'm able to put my energy toward that.

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As an athlete, you really see a lot of the Instagram paradigm. Where it's just like, 'Me! Me! Me!' When you realize you can 'Give, Give, Give,' it's very interesting, and it's good.

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I haven't played a full round of golf yet, but I did make two pars my first time out on a golf course.

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