Dan O'Brien famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

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

#Morning #Mean #Gold
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

#Motivational #Athlete #Men
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

#Rocks #Get Better #Rolling
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

#Knowing #Mad #Upset
Try everything, because you're never sure what you're going to be great at.
-- Dan O'Brien

#Trying
The decathlon includes ten separate events and they all matter. You can't work on just one of them.
-- Dan O'Brien

#Events #Matter #Decathlon
I call myself a chameleon.
-- Dan O'Brien

#Chameleon
You know why divorce costs so much? Because it is worth it!
-- Dan O'Brien

#Divorce #Single Life #Cost
We'll probably only consider a handful of individuals. We'll bring up people who can accumulate either innings or at-bats, so we can hopefully gauge where they stand as a prospective Major Leaguer.
-- Dan O'Brien

#People #Major League #Bats
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

#Thinking #Safety #Perfect
You can only look forward to a South Dakota winter if, as with childbirth, remodeling a house, or writing a novel, you're able to forget how bad it was the last time.
-- Dan O'Brien

#Writing #Winter #House
When first starting to work with someone you try to get them in the same mindset that you were in when you were successful, and I realized the best thing you can ever do is realize that they are not you. They have a different persona and mindset, and you have to figure out what works best within your communication with that athlete.
-- Dan O'Brien

#Communication #Athlete #Successful
I was a good decathlete until I got with a coach that really knew how to train specifically for the event... I'd really describe it as like being a juggler; you have ten balls and you're trying to get them all in the air at the same time.
-- Dan O'Brien

#Air #Trying #Events
Breaking the world record in '92 was a very special personal moment, but I'd say my favorite moment as a decathlete was winning the Olympic gold medal.
-- Dan O'Brien

#Winning #Special #Gold
I was playing little league baseball when Bruce Jenner was winning the gold but I don't think I was really paying attention at that time.
-- Dan O'Brien

#Baseball #Winning #Thinking
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

#Distance #Athlete #Men
To me, the decathlon is its own little society and I am part of that culture.
-- Dan O'Brien

#Littles #Culture #Decathlon
There is nothing better than having a personal-best day, being in shape and pushing myself beyond my own limits.
-- Dan O'Brien

#Shapes #Limits #Pushing
As a young athlete, it was first about having fun; then it was about winning.
-- Dan O'Brien

#Fun #Athlete #Winning
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

#Giving Up #Don't Give Up #Pride
It's important for me to think I'm mixed-race.
-- Dan O'Brien

#Thinking #Race #Important
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

#Children #Pain #Way
I got interested in decathlon because a coach that I had was a big fan of Bruce Jenner, and he just saw the ability in me - but when it came down to it, I knew my best chance at a college scholarship would be in track and field.
-- Dan O'Brien

#College #Track #Fields
When I was little, I wasn't allowed to put sugar on my breakfast cereal because it made me so hyper.
-- Dan O'Brien

#Cereal #Hype #Breakfast
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

#Dream #Winning #Jail
I always know where the scissors are.
-- Dan O'Brien

#Single Life #Scissors #Knows

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