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Ashton Eaton Biography

Ashton James Eaton (born January 21, 1988) is a retired American decathlete and two-time Olympic champion, who holds the world record in both the decathlon and indoor heptathlon events, and is the second decathlete (after Roman Šebrle) to break the 9,000-point barrier, with 9,039 points. On August 29, 2015, he beat his own world record with a score of 9,045 points.

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I wouldn't say there was a moment of realization when I wanted to be a runner; it was always just something I was.

Moments, Realization, Runner, Runners, Say

I think a challenge for myself is to see how many times I can get above 9,000. That would be a good challenge.

Challenges, Good, See, Think, Thinking, Would Be

I feel it's right for me to wear a Canadian flag baseball hat. Regardless of the fact that my wife is Canadian and I would support her throughout, the spirit of the Olympic Games is to have all these countries together to push each other.

Baseball, Country, Support, Throughout, Wife

I knew I could compete with most people in high school. It didn't quite give me an attitude, but it made me think I didn't have to try hard sometimes.

Attitude, Compete, Hard, High, School, Thinking

I want to see where I measure up against everyone in the world and everyone who has ever competed in the sport, and there's that innate sense of wanting to challenge myself. I'm competitive in all aspects.

Challenges, Competitive, Sense, Sports, World

I always liked running as a kid. You know how eating chocolate or ice cream makes you feel good? That's the same way that running and competing makes me feel.

Competing, Ice, Ice Cream, Kid, Kids, Running

To do the best that I possibly could in my world makes me pretty happy.

World, Do The Best, Possibly, Happy, Pretty

I'm not maximized yet.

Maximized

When I see my mom in the stands, it always pushes me to succeed.

Mom, My Mom, Pushes, Stands, Succeed

The desire definitely comes from within. There are only a few people who make it to this level and those are the ones who have that innate desire.

People, Desire, Levels, Make

It's important not to make the gold medal bigger than it is.

Bigger, Gold, Important, Medal

You can't really explain competing in Olympic event to someone. You can say, "Oh, that was really tough. " And that literally means nothing to someone. If you can give some sort of comparison, because that's really all track and field is about any way. . . . Usain Bolt runs a time and you get to see what everybody else's time is. It would just be interesting to compare Olympians to somebody who doesn't train their whole life.

Running, Mean, Track, Train, Event, Sort

I won't back down. I get a satisfaction from being tested and defeating the test.

Back, Satisfaction, Test, Tested, Tests

If you have done something once, you can do it again or you can do it better. The beauty is the pursuit of the limit, not the limit itself. At least that's what I hope people realize.

Done, Hope, Limits, People, Realize

Last year I was the favorite going into the world champs in Beijing, but I felt like I had to do something phenomenal in order to win. Instead of just having fun and competing, it became "I want to win so bad. " But the person who wants it the most doesn't win. It's the person who executes. I still look back on that 200-meter race and say what the hell happened? I wasn't hurt, I wasn't sick, the conditions were perfect, and I ran like total crap.

Bad, Executes, Fun, Hurt, Look, Winning

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

Challenges, Decathlon, Dislike, Frustration, Maximum, Thing

Competition is pretty much the essence of everything, it gives humans drive.

Essence, Giving, Competition, Humans, Pretty

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.

Perfect, Trying, Events, Draws, Retry, Decathlon