Dan O'Brien Quotes

• 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.

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  Morning, Mean, Gold

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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.

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  Rocks, Get Better, Rolling

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• 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

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• Try everything, because you're never sure what you're going to be great at.

  Dan O'Brien

  Trying

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• It's important for me to think I'm mixed-race.

  Dan O'Brien

  Thinking, Race, Important

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• Take pride in exactly what it is you do and remember it's okay to fail as long as you don't give up.

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  Giving Up, Don't Give Up, Pride

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• The decathlon includes ten separate events and they all matter. You can't work on just one of them.

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  Events, Matter, Decathlon

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• To me, the decathlon is its own little society and I am part of that culture.

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  Littles, Culture, Decathlon

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• 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

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• 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

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• I call myself a chameleon.

  Dan O'Brien

  Chameleon

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• 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.

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  College, Track, Fields

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• 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

  Dan O'Brien (2007). “Buffalo for the Broken Heart: Restoring Life to a Black Hills Ranch”, p.171, Random House

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• As a young athlete, it was first about having fun; then it was about winning.

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  Fun, Athlete, Winning

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• As a young child, I was never a crier. I never cried to get my way, or even when I was in pain.

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  Children, Pain, Way

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• I think what my parents did was perfect. They were strict, concerned about my safety and held me back just a little.

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  Thinking, Safety, Perfect

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• You know why divorce costs so much? Because it is worth it!

  Dan O'Brien

  Divorce, Single Life, Cost

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• I always know where the scissors are.

  Dan O'Brien

  Single Life, Scissors, Knows

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• 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.

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  Dream, Winning, Jail

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• When I was little, I wasn't allowed to put sugar on my breakfast cereal because it made me so hyper.

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  Cereal, Hype, Breakfast

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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