Brian O'Driscoll Quotes
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I've always found when I was captain when other people were doing the talking for me, I didn't need to say as much, and when I did say one or two things, people tended to listen all the more.
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I still get a great buzz from rugby.
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As the summer moves on, there are Saturday nights when I come home and find friends I haven't even been out with sitting up in the hot tub.
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I think my form dipped after the Six Nations in 2007, from the World Cup onwards.
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There have been a couple of things I've been involved in launching that have been a bit more public, but I've always had other things tipping away in the background.
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I have interests outside of rugby and have been cultivating them for when I do decide to hang up the boots.
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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.
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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.
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A physical therapist does some unbelievable stretching with me.
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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.
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I was a football fan before I became a rugby fan.
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Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.
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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.
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Growing up, I supported Manchester United, and my hero was Mark Hughes.
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I think training and being dedicated is very important, but one aspect that I always live by is that I enjoy myself in what I do!
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I have always played into the belief that you are only ever borrowing the jersey; you never own the jersey because someone has gone before you and there is going to be someone after you, so it's a case of giving the jersey maximum respect.
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I just want to concentrate on my rugby and enjoy it and live in the moment.
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I've been a professional rugby player all my life; I don't really know anything different.
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You've to celebrate the good days because there are brutal days that make the good ones sweet.
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If you stick around long enough and you do enough of the right things, you get seen in a largely positive light.
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Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
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Practise things you're good at. Keep on top of things you're not so good at, but be world-class at your best. Never think, 'I'm very good at this and that, I can leave those for a bit.
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I don't feel comfortable with the kind of celebrity that has come my way - and I'm not very good at it, either.
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There is still a big onus to be coached. I understand the best teams don't need a huge amount of coaching, but that's when a coach should decide not to do coaching.