Bryan Clay famous quotes

06-24-2025

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.
-- Bryan Clay

#Hurt #Giving #Trying
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.
-- Bryan Clay

#Blessed #Impact #People
If I look what sport has done in my life, I don't think there's any doubt that sport can change lives.
-- Bryan Clay

#Sports #Life Changing #Thinking
It's not necessarily size that matters, it's how fast you move that implement.
-- Bryan Clay

#Moving #Matter #Size
My life was very Japanese.
-- Bryan Clay
I love Broadway. And, I listen to country music, which I think a lot of people find surprising.
-- Bryan Clay

#Country #Thinking #People
I do catch myself driving around singing tunes, but I don't know if it's necessarily show tunes.
-- Bryan Clay

#Singing #Tunes #Driving
It's kind of fun to hear that other people deal with the same kinds of issues that you do.
-- Bryan Clay

#Fun #Issues #People
You don't have to sacrifice who you are to follow your beliefs.
-- Bryan Clay

#Sacrifice #Belief #Who You Are
Repercussions are serious and they will take you places.
-- Bryan Clay

#Serious
I have a black lab named Luke.
-- Bryan Clay

#Black #Labs
I like golf, hiking, camping, boating and fishing.
-- Bryan Clay

#Golf #Fishing #Hiking
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.
-- Bryan Clay

#Steps #Tough #Push Yourself
We have to lie to ourselves as decathletes and say that we like all ten events.
-- Bryan Clay

#Lying #Events
Our house was always full of grandparents and aunts and uncles and cousins.
-- Bryan Clay

#Cousin #Uncles #Aunt
Breaking the world record has always been in the works. I just need the right conditions and I can make it.
-- Bryan Clay

#Needs #Records #World
How many times do you take yourself to the brink of complete collapse? It's not a real fun place to go.
-- Bryan Clay

#Fun #Real #Collapse
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.
-- Bryan Clay

#Motivation #Winning #Long
I don't think anyone chooses the decathlon as much as it chooses you.
-- Bryan Clay

#Thinking
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.
-- Bryan Clay

#Believe #Mean #Thinking
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.
-- Bryan Clay

#Wake Up #Six #Week
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.
-- Bryan Clay

#Morning #Knowing #Days Off
I've been telling people I'm in the best shape of my life, I've been training unbelievably hard.
-- Bryan Clay

#People #Training #Shapes
I'm excited to be a part of the Olympic movement again.
-- Bryan Clay

#Movement #Excited
I'm competitive. I like to compete, and that's basically what the decathlon lets me do.
-- Bryan Clay

#Let Me

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