35 Brian O'Driscoll Quotes for You to Enjoy

Brian O'Driscoll

Irish Athlete

Born: Jan 21, 1979

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Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad. Brian O'Driscoll

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When you've done something for more than a third of your life, your whole adult life, and then all of a sudden you're going to have to switch off and say, 'No more,' you want to grasp as much of it and enjoy the last few years of it as much as you can. Because you can't get those years back. Brian O'Driscoll

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Aaron Cruden and Beauden Barrett have both been decent, but Dan Carter takes it on to a different level, and he kicks his goals better than both of them. Brian O'Driscoll

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As you get older, the defeats become more painful. They definitely hurt more. Brian O'Driscoll

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The big upside to being captain is it's a huge honour, but the downside is that there is definitely extra pressure. Brian O'Driscoll

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I was a football fan before I became a rugby fan. Brian O'Driscoll

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I'm very happy to have been a one-club man, but I wouldn't shoot down guys who have gone off and played in multiple clubs either because, essentially, it is an earning that people are after. Brian O'Driscoll

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I used to love looking at a recipe, getting all the bits and pieces in the shops, getting them ready and prepared... I don't really have the time to do that anymore. Brian O'Driscoll

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It's rare enough as an older generation player that you're 100% fit - there's always something niggling. Brian O'Driscoll

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If you can be a good role model for people, well, great. You try and live your sporting life and the rest of your life as well as you can, and if it's something that people admire, well, fantastic. I don't sit at home and think about it too much, though - there's plenty of other things in my life going on. Brian O'Driscoll

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I would always treat my attacking game as the more natural part. With defence, you have to get yourself in positions to understand the game and understand situations and that might not be as natural a thing. Brian O'Driscoll

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I need to worry about the things that I am in control of. Brian O'Driscoll

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I don't really want to be the centre of attention. Brian O'Driscoll

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For me, it took five years to understand what professionalism meant. But I'm more settled now. I'm married, life changes, and I've been lucky in managing my injuries. Brian O'Driscoll

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I've got my head fixed on the next part of life. I know there will be an adjusting period of just not being a rugby player for a while, and over that period I'll get my head around what the next challenge involves. Brian O'Driscoll

If you stop doing a skill you've done for years for any period of time, there's an adjustment period to get it back. In anything you do. Motor skills won't work as fast, because repetition is everything. Brian O'Driscoll

I was quite small as a kid and maybe a little afraid physically. When I grew into myself, the realisation changed. That when you hurt yourself, it's transient; it doesn't stay forever. Brian O'Driscoll

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The 2001 tour to Australia would have been a great highlight in my career if the Lions had won the series. That might sound strange because it was a great tour in many ways, but, for me, the more time goes by, the less of a career highlight it becomes, and just more of a frustration. Brian O'Driscoll

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