Bryan Ezra Tsumoru Clay (born January 3, 1980) is an American decathlete. He was the 2008 Summer Olympic champion for the decathlon and was also World champion in 2005.
I'm competitive. I like to compete, and that's basically what the decathlon lets me do.
It's not easy waking up every single morning knowing what you're going to put your body through and having to do it. We don't have days off.
My life was very Japanese.
I don't think anyone chooses the decathlon as much as it chooses you.
Breaking the world record has always been in the works. I just need the right conditions and I can make it.
I have a black lab named Luke.
I'm excited to be a part of the Olympic movement again.
You don't have to sacrifice who you are to follow your beliefs.
I think to actually be an Olympian to me means that you've trained most of your life, or you've dedicated most of your life or a big chunk of your life into doing something that you believe that you can accomplish.
For so long I wanted to win the gold medal. Then I won. I had to figure out what was the new motivation to take myself to that place again.
I like golf, hiking, camping, boating and fishing.
It's kind of fun to hear that other people deal with the same kinds of issues that you do.
I've been telling people I'm in the best shape of my life, I've been training unbelievably hard.
I train six to seven hours every single day. I wake up six days a week and know that it's going to be the same thing.
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.
We have to lie to ourselves as decathletes and say that we like all ten events.
How many times do you take yourself to the brink of complete collapse? It's not a real fun place to go.