Dan O'Brien Quotes

You need to become more than one type of athlete. You have to be a sprinter, a weight man and a distance guy all in one.

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• As athletes, we're defined by what we've accomplished. Those are what most people remember and what you get paid for. But I learned more from my failures than from all of my successes put together - failures as an athlete and as a person.

  

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• You need to become more than one type of athlete. You have to be a sprinter, a weight man and a distance guy all in one.

  

  Dan O'Brien
  • Guy
  • Man
  • Distance