It really means a lot that I won the gold medal - but I woke up the next morning expecting to feel different. I felt the same.
Breaking the world record in '92 was a very special personal moment, but I'd say my favorite moment as a decathlete was winning the Olympic gold medal.
I didn't get a ton of interest from colleges in baseball and football, but I was outstanding in track and had the sense that this would be my meal ticket... Track was a sport where I saw immediate improvement, and I had a lot of good support behind me... and the coaches had a lot of experience and pushed me in that direction for sure.
Breaking the world record in '92 was a very special personal moment, but I'd say my favorite moment as a decathlete was winning the Olympic gold medal. It was a lot of years of work, and when I won it, it was more a sense of relief than jubilation or exaltation.
You need to become more than one type of athlete. You have to be a sprinter, a weight man and a distance guy all in one.
I was playing little league baseball when Bruce Jenner was winning the gold but I don't think I was really paying attention at that time.
There is nothing better than having a personal-best day, being in shape and pushing myself beyond my own limits.