As athletes, we love to say, 'Just one more; I'm going to figure it out on this next one.' It's tough to pull back the reins and do what is smart physically, listening to your body and always ending a workout or session feeling like I could have done more.

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.

Move your lymph system. Lymph is like a sewage system that carries all of the toxins out of your body.

You have to just accept your body. You may not love it all the way, but you just have to be comfortable with it, comfortable with knowing that that's your body.

I love that feeling of just finishing a workout and knowing I'm taking care of my body. It is such a good feeling.

When you're a teenager, you could do a lot more crazy things, and your body recovers faster.