Dan O'Brien
Dan O'Brien
American decathlete who won an Olympic Gold medal in 1996, as well as titles at the World Championships in Athletics.
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDecathlete
Date of Birth18 July 1966
CityPortland, OR
CountryUnited States of America
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After the failure in '92, my goal was to be a good pole vaulter. I used that as motivation.
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I didn't get a ton of interest from colleges in baseball and football, but I was outstanding in track and had the sense that this would be my meal ticket... Track was a sport where I saw immediate improvement, and I had a lot of good support behind me... and the coaches had a lot of experience and pushed me in that direction for sure.
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Nowadays, to be a good world-ranked decathlete, you need to be good at everything.
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We've tricked up garages, so we're looking for a supplier to provide special doors. We'd go to $4,000 for a really great door.
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From the standpoint of the Cincinnati Reds, the preferred resolution is a settlement, but that may not be possible. At this point, we're going to continue to negotiate, but on a parallel track, we've got to prepare for an arbitration hearing.
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The benefits are not measured solely in statistics.
hang overcome perseverance
The only way to overcome is to hang in.
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It really means a lot that I won the gold medal - but I woke up the next morning expecting to feel different. I felt the same.
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When I was little, I wasn't allowed to put sugar on my breakfast cereal because it made me so hyper.
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You have to be able to be a good loser. You have to be okay knowing you're going to fail every day in something without getting mad and upset.
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Through everything I've gone through- and I've been everywhere, at the top of the world, in jail, hung over drunk - I never gave up my dream of winning a gold medal in the Olympics.
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I always know where the scissors are.
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You know why divorce costs so much? Because it is worth it!
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I think what my parents did was perfect. They were strict, concerned about my safety and held me back just a little.