Brian O'Driscoll Quotes
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I had massive admiration for lots of players. Richard Hill would be up there, along with Martin Johnson.
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In a team situation, I think the players are more inclined to give the answer they believe the psychologist is looking for rather than maybe being totally honest.
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It's gone, OK? I've got a little bit better and sharper with each game back. I hope with the Italy game I will step up to another level.
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If you start thinking about retirement in six months' time, you're already there.
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Timmy Horan was a childhood hero. He was a great distributor, elusive, good stepper, very physical, defensively very sound. What a rounded player.
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I would say I thrive in a competitive environment.
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The Polynesian guys are pretty strong without going to the gym.
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Before there was any chance to go to England, I changed schools, and it was rugby from there on in.
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Last summer was probably the biggest disappointment of my career, but now I have something bad with which to balance the good. I will no longer take anything for granted.
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When you talk to family and friends, they can't tell you anything from an impartial point of view because they have a vested interest in you.
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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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Everyone has tests in their life. They come in lots of different forms. I had two or three together, which definitely challenged me as a person and as a sportsman. The big thing is how you react to those situations. You want to come out positively at the other end, and that's what I focused on doing.
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My nutritional knowledge is good enough to figure out what's good, what's bad, and where my leeway is.
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In your mid-20s, you think you'll go on for eternity. Then a point comes where you realise that's not going to be the case.
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I need to worry about the things that I am in control of.
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Just because you lost your last game doesn't mean you change anything.
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I don't really want to be the centre of attention.
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Games bring another level out in you. There is no way you can train to the same intensity when you are playing a game. It is just impossible. Your head won't allow you to do it. Because the adrenalin of a game and the importance of it steps it up to another level.
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I found in the past when I did a bit of punditry, I was very conscious of not saying anything negative about people I played against, because players are elephants and they remember when someone says something - I stored things for years and just waited for my opportunity.