Dan O'Brien Quotes, Sayings, Remarks, Thoughts and Speeches



Dan O'Brien Quotes and Sayings


  • 1
    And there is such a thing as a decathlon high. It's like a rock rolling down hill, picking up momentum. You get better and better. Dan O'Brien | Refcard PDF
  • 2
    As a young athlete, it was first about having fun; then it was about winning. Dan O'Brien | Refcard PDF
  • 3
    As a young child, I was never a crier. I never cried to get my way, or even when I was in pain. Dan O'Brien | Refcard PDF
  • 4
    I call myself a chameleon. Dan O'Brien | Refcard PDF
  • 5
    I think what my parents did was perfect. They were strict, concerned about my safety and held me back just a little. Dan O'Brien | Refcard PDF
  • 6
    If you never give up, you'll be successful. Dan O'Brien | Refcard PDF
  • 7
    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. Dan O'Brien | Refcard PDF
  • 8
    It took me time to realize that the men who won Olympic gold medals in the decathlon are just men, just like me. Dan O'Brien | Refcard PDF
  • 9
    It's important for me to think I'm mixed-race. Dan O'Brien | Refcard PDF
  • 10
    Take pride in exactly what it is you do and remember it's okay to fail as long as you don't give up. Dan O'Brien | Refcard PDF
  • 11
    The decathlon includes ten separate events and they all matter. You can't work on just one of them. Dan O'Brien | Refcard PDF
  • 12
    There is nothing better than having a personal-best day, being in shape and pushing myself beyond my own limits. Dan O'Brien | Refcard PDF
  • 13
    Through everything I've gone through- and I've been everywhere, at the top of the world, in jail, hung over drunk - I never gave up my dream of winning a gold medal in the Olympics. Dan O'Brien | Refcard PDF
  • 14
    To me, the decathlon is its own little society and I am part of that culture. Dan O'Brien | Refcard PDF
  • 15
    When I was little, I wasn't allowed to put sugar on my breakfast cereal because it made me so hyper. Dan O'Brien | Refcard PDF
  • 16
    You have to be able to be a good loser. You have to be okay knowing you're going to fail every day in something without getting mad and upset. Dan O'Brien | Refcard PDF
  • 17
    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. Dan O'Brien | Refcard PDF

 

  

  

 

  

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