Bryan Clay

Repercussions are serious and they will take you places.

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

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.

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.

I have a black lab named Luke.

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

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

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

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.

My life was very Japanese.

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

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