Quotes by 'Brian O'Driscoll'

Brian O'Driscoll

best life people perspective

You have perspective when little people come into your life. You take the best things you have and let them overshadow your disappointment.

You cannot say things one week and then behave differently.

childhood good great rounded

Timmy Horan was a childhood hero. He was a great distributor, elusive, good stepper, very physical, defensively very sound. What a rounded player.

The Polynesian guys are pretty strong without going to the gym.

definitely downside huge upside

The big upside to being captain is it's a huge honour, but the downside is that there is definitely extra pressure.

figure good knowledge leeway

My nutritional knowledge is good enough to figure out what's good, what's bad, and where my leeway is.

fit generation older player rare

It's rare enough as an older generation player that you're 100% fit - there's always something niggling.

realise

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.

largely positive stick

If you stick around long enough and you do enough of the right things, you get seen in a largely positive light.

life

I've been a professional rugby player all my life; I don't really know anything different.

I would say I thrive in a competitive environment.

appetite huge love means

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.

form

I think my form dipped after the Six Nations in 2007, from the World Cup onwards.

great

I still get a great buzz from rugby.