Brian O'Driscoll
Brian O'Driscoll
NationalityIrish
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth21 January 1979
CountryIreland
hang interests outside
I have interests outside of rugby and have been cultivating them for when I do decide to hang up the boots.
family impartial interest point
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.
thinking training important
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!
retirement thinking months
If you start thinking about retirement in six months' time, you're already there.
sports team years
I love going out every day and training and being part of the team, and having friendships built up over a number of years. It's those aspects of sport that I feel are really important.
summer disappointment careers
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.
sweet good-day celebrate
You've to celebrate the good days because there are brutal days that make the good ones sweet.
games want lasts
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...
bit game hope italy sharper step
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.
bigger celebrate crown feels nations needed performance six stepping stone talking triple week win
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.
came coming goods great performance pressure produced shock
It was a performance that had been coming for a while and it does not shock me all that much. When the pressure came on we produced the goods and we can take great satisfaction from that.
beauty camp characters guys lions players teams
You go into the Lions camp with preconceived ideas about players and teams and then find guys are actually very different, and the beauty of the Lions is that all those characters are moulded into it. I find that exciting.
lose point remember
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.
bit launching
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.