Brian O'Driscoll Quotes
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Was I speared? I think so. Slam-dunked is probably the expression which sums it up best.
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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 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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I think my form dipped after the Six Nations in 2007, from the World Cup onwards.
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I was a football fan before I became a rugby fan.
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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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A physical therapist does some unbelievable stretching with me.
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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 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 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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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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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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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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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've been a professional rugby player all my life; I don't really know anything different.
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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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You've to celebrate the good days because there are brutal days that make the good ones sweet.
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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 just want to concentrate on my rugby and enjoy it and live in the moment.
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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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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 don't feel comfortable with the kind of celebrity that has come my way - and I'm not very good at it, either.