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There was something pure and innocent about the sport,You ran, you jumped, you threw things, just as young men had done since the dawn of civilisation.

— Rafer Johnson

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The whole decathlon is ridiculous, but the 1,500 meters is insanity.

Tonight I'm going to shower and then just walk for about four hours and look at the moon, I don't know where - just walk, walk, walk. I've got to unwind. I'm through, man, I'm through.

On the way back, it struck me that I could have beaten most of the guys in the meet, That's when I decided to be a decathlon man.

Ours was the purest of rivalries, We each wanted the other guy to do well, but we wanted even more to win.

I could have beaten most of those guys.

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