Brian O'Driscoll Quotes
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This is a stepping stone to bigger things hopefully. We'll celebrate it tonight. We needed the performance we've been talking about this week for the whole of the Six Nations and to put it in to win the Triple Crown feels good.
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You want to win everything you are in.
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I don't really want to be the centre of attention.
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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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The Polynesian guys are pretty strong without going to the gym.
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I would say I thrive in a competitive environment.
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Until you win a series, it's difficult to place yourself in that elite group of great Lions players. It's not enough to produce one-off performances or be nearly-men.
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I'm fairly adventurous with my eating. I've tried kangaroo, and Moreton Bay bugs, which are a kind of lobster, are so good.
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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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Just because you lost your last game doesn't mean you change anything.
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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.
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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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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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My nutritional knowledge is good enough to figure out what's good, what's bad, and where my leeway is.
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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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If you start thinking about retirement in six months' time, you're already there.
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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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I need to worry about the things that I am in control of.