Brian O'Driscoll Quotes
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I enjoy training so much, sometimes I don't want it to stop.
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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.
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I was a football fan before I became a rugby fan.
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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.
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I still get a great buzz from rugby.
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Your name or what you've done on the rugby pitch is not going to carry you through for the rest of your life. I realise I'm going to have to eventually do something else, and that does frighten me a little bit.
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The Polynesian guys are pretty strong without going to the gym.
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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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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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It's 45 minutes after the game right now and I still don't want to take this jersey off. That's because I know that when I do it'll be for the last time...
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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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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 was exposed to the gym at about 28. I never had a huge love or appetite for it - it was just a means to an end.
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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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A physical therapist does some unbelievable stretching with me.
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I think my form dipped after the Six Nations in 2007, from the World Cup onwards.
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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 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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There is no point winning the semi if you don't win the final. It's as simple as that. No one will remember a big semifinal if you lose the final, so you have to do it all again.
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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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Growing up, I supported Manchester United, and my hero was Mark Hughes.
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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.
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I don't care that people thought I was one way for my whole career because now that I am not attached to a team, I can have my own opinion, I can have my own voice. I can link myself to my own thought process rather than a generic message most teams try to get across.
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Team sports are very important for shaping personalities. It's important that kids understand the mentality behind playing team sports and playing for one another and playing with friends.