Quotes from Ashton Eaton

My goal in Korea is to win. There's no timetable when to set the American record.

You're just constantly battling this thing that is telling you, 'I don't think I can do it.' I think we all have it. When you're fresh and alert, you can easily put those doubts down. But when you're tired, they easily come up to the surface.

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

I think that titles are for, I don't know, books and stuff. I just like doing what I'm doing.

Now that I'm older, I see the benefits of having free time to release energy.

If I have to run to put myself in the hospital, if I have to run that hard, that's how hard I'll have to run.

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

I could never be a distance runner, because I can't run for more than ten minutes. There aren't enough iPod gigabytes in the world to make that worth it for me.

I would like to have a decathlon where all of my throws are really consistent and set the tone. That I'm good all-around, not just a speed and jump guy.

I can't remember when I wasn't running around doing some sort of a sporting activity.

The opportunity to represent your country at the Olympic Games is earned, not given.

That is when the crowd really lifted me. That last 600 meters I was not running with my own legs. It was incredible.

The world record is like you we went to the theater to see this movie, and it was really good, and it had an unexpected ending, and you left the theater saying, 'Wow, that was such a great movie.'

When I'm on the track, I like hearing the fans cheer me on.

I actually like indoor track and field more than outdoor.

I'm a 'what's next?' guy. I don't know what that is, but I'm excited to find out and put the same kind of energy into it as I put into track.

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

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.

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

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!

Even if you see a great performance, it's not always great getting there. There are injuries... Intrinsically or unconsciously, people understand that - people see those performances, and they know there are stories behind that.

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

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.

I would say 90 percent of the stuff we do is technical anyway. If you look at a two-hour training day, 12 minutes are probably spent running or gaining fitness.