Take pride in exactly what it is you do and remember it's okay to fail as long as you don't give up.

If you never give up, you'll be successful.

You have to be able to be a good loser. You have to be okay knowing you're going to fail every day in something without getting mad and upset.

I remember watching them both play and thinking it would be awfully nice to get the two of them together. We thought they both could be pretty darn good.

As athletes, we're defined by what we've accomplished. Those are what most people remember and what you get paid for. But I learned more from my failures than from all of my successes put together - failures as an athlete and as a person.

And there is such a thing as a decathlon high. It's like a rock rolling down hill, picking up momentum. You get better and better.