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Brian O’Driscoll Quotes

I’m not privy to the English set-up, but at the academies in Ireland, there is a huge focus on the weights room as opposed to whether they can throw a 10-metre pass on the run. They should be rugby players becoming athletes, not athletes becoming rugby players.

– Brian O’Driscoll

I enjoy training so much, sometimes I don’t want it to stop.

– Brian O’Driscoll

I didn’t know Ian Smith myself!

– Brian O’Driscoll

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

– Brian O’Driscoll

I just want to concentrate on my rugby and enjoy it and live in the moment.

– Brian O’Driscoll

Rugby gave me a confidence. I was quite shy and relatively timid, but it gave me the confidence to be a little bit more out-going and back myself a bit more.

– Brian O’Driscoll

I get burnt in the sun, so there’s no point me getting pecs for when I take my shirt off in the summer.

– Brian O’Driscoll

The victory is always sweeter… winning things with friends.

– Brian O’Driscoll

There’s ego in all of us rugby players.

– Brian O’Driscoll

My missus knows to leave me alone.

– Brian O’Driscoll

I used to love looking at a recipe, getting all the bits and pieces in the shops, getting them ready and prepared… I don’t really have the time to do that anymore.

– Brian O’Driscoll

I have always played into the belief that you are only ever borrowing the jersey; you never own the jersey because someone has gone before you and there is going to be someone after you, so it’s a case of giving the jersey maximum respect.

– Brian O’Driscoll

I would say I thrive in a competitive environment.

– Brian O’Driscoll

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.

– Brian O’Driscoll

I’ve never bought a sports car.

– Brian O’Driscoll

If you can beat New Zealand, then you’re probably going to win the World Cup.

– Brian O’Driscoll

Team sports are very important for shaping personalities. It’s important that kids understand the mentality behind playing team sports and playing for one another and playing with friends.

– Brian O’Driscoll

What do you remember about Jason Robinson? His feet. Not how improved he was under a high ball or his kicking skills. Everyone remembers those feet. He could go round you in a phone box.

– Brian O’Driscoll

Your name or what you’ve done on the rugby pitch is not going to carry you through for the rest of your life. I realise I’m going to have to eventually do something else, and that does frighten me a little bit.

– Brian O’Driscoll

There is still a big onus to be coached. I understand the best teams don’t need a huge amount of coaching, but that’s when a coach should decide not to do coaching.

– Brian O’Driscoll

People talk about loyalty of players to clubs. But in the everyday world, you don’t see people being loyal to their company when they’re getting offered considerably better deals elsewhere.

– Brian O’Driscoll

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.

– Brian O’Driscoll

Rugby takes its toll.

– Brian O’Driscoll

If you start thinking about retirement in six months’ time, you’re already there.

– Brian O’Driscoll

It feels great to be a two-time Six Nations winner.

– Brian O’Driscoll

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

– Brian O’Driscoll

You never sit on your laurels. It is always a case of trying to work on your deficiencies as much as working on your strengths.

– Brian O’Driscoll

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.

– Brian O’Driscoll

If you can be a good role model for people, well, great. You try and live your sporting life and the rest of your life as well as you can, and if it’s something that people admire, well, fantastic. I don’t sit at home and think about it too much, though – there’s plenty of other things in my life going on.

– Brian O’Driscoll

It’s happened a couple of times in training when I hyper-extend my back. Some facet joints send all the muscles in my lower back and lumbar-spine into spasm.

– Brian O’Driscoll

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