Ours was the purest of rivalries, We each wanted the other guy to do well, but we wanted even more to win.
— Rafer Johnson
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The whole decathlon is ridiculous, but the 1,500 meters is insanity.
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.
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.
I could have beaten most of those guys.
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