Ashton Eaton : (5) " The strong ones are the ones who realize that having a bad training day, those types of days are necessary. " - Ashton Eaton " I’m not much of a gym rat; I’d rather be running, but if it enables me to run faster, then I guess I can tough it out. " - Ashton Eaton " The questions to ask are, why was the decathlon so popular before, and what happened to make it fade? I notice a lot of things in general tend to follow that up-and-down trend. " - Ashton Eaton " I must refine my training every day to give myself the best opportunity to achieve my dreams during the Olympic Games in Rio. " - Ashton Eaton " As an athlete, you really see a lot of the Instagram paradigm. Where it’s just like, ‘Me! Me! Me!’ When you realize you can ‘Give, Give, Give,’ it’s very interesting, and it’s good. " - Ashton Eaton