Bryan Clay Quotes

• 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.

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  Hurt, Giving, Trying

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• I was blessed with certain gifts and talents and God gave them to me to be the best person I can be and to have a positive impact on other people.

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  Blessed, Impact, People

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• It's not necessarily size that matters, it's how fast you move that implement.

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  Moving, Matter, Size

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• If I look what sport has done in my life, I don't think there's any doubt that sport can change lives.

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  Sports, Life Changing, Thinking

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• My life was very Japanese.

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• I love Broadway. And, I listen to country music, which I think a lot of people find surprising.

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  Country, Thinking, People

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• I do catch myself driving around singing tunes, but I don't know if it's necessarily show tunes.

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  Singing, Tunes, Driving

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• It's kind of fun to hear that other people deal with the same kinds of issues that you do.

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  Fun, Issues, People

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• You don't have to sacrifice who you are to follow your beliefs.

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  Sacrifice, Belief, Who You Are

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• Repercussions are serious and they will take you places.

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  Serious, Repercussions

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• I have a black lab named Luke.

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  Black, Labs, Luke

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• I like golf, hiking, camping, boating and fishing.

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  Golf, Fishing, Hiking

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• You take yourself to a place where you've got absolutely nothing left and then you find out you have to push yourself one more step. That's a tough place to be in.

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  Steps, Tough, Push Yourself

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• We have to lie to ourselves as decathletes and say that we like all ten events.

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  Lying, Events, Ten

  "Gold Medalist Bryan Clay Goes Beyond Reason for Games". Interview with Moira Lawler, www.menshealth.com. April 23, 2012.

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• Our house was always full of grandparents and aunts and uncles and cousins.

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  Cousin, Uncles, Aunt

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• Breaking the world record has always been in the works. I just need the right conditions and I can make it.

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  Needs, Records, World

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• How many times do you take yourself to the brink of complete collapse? It's not a real fun place to go.

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  Fun, Real, Places To Go

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• 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.

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  Motivation, Winning, Long

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• I don't think anyone chooses the decathlon as much as it chooses you.

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  Thinking, Decathlon

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• 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.

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  Believe, Mean, Thinking

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• 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.

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  Wake Up, Six, Week

  "Gold Medalist Bryan Clay Goes Beyond Reason for Games". Interview with Kiera Aaron, www.menshealth.com. April 23, 2012.

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• 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.

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  Morning, Knowing, Days Off

  "Gold Medalist Bryan Clay Goes Beyond Reason for Games". Interview with Kiera Aaron, www.menshealth.com. April 23, 2012.

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• I've been telling people I'm in the best shape of my life, I've been training unbelievably hard.

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  People, Training, Shapes

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• I'm excited to be a part of the Olympic movement again.

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  Movement, Excited

  "Gold Medalist Bryan Clay Goes Beyond Reason for Games". Interview with Moira Lawler, www.menshealth.com. April 23, 2012.

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• I'm competitive. I like to compete, and that's basically what the decathlon lets me do.

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  Let Me, Decathlon

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