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Brian O'Driscoll
Irish
January 21, 1979
Athlete
Rugby takes its toll.
Brian O'Driscoll
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Takes
Rugby
Toll
You want to win everything you are in.
Brian O'Driscoll
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You
Want
Everything
It feels great to be a two-time Six Nations winner.
Brian O'Driscoll
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Great
Six
Feels
You can't rely on your defence to win a World Cup.
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You
Your
World
I need to worry about the things that I am in control of.
Brian O'Driscoll
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About
Things
Am
As you get older, the defeats become more painful. They definitely hurt more.
Brian O'Driscoll
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You
More
Get
I just want to concentrate on my rugby and enjoy it and live in the moment.
Brian O'Driscoll
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Just
Want
Live
I've been a professional rugby player all my life; I don't really know anything different.
Brian O'Driscoll
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Really
Life
Know
It's rare enough as an older generation player that you're 100% fit - there's always something niggling.
Brian O'Driscoll
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You
Always
Something
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.
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About
Just
Had
I had come across a few sports psychologists, and I had no time for nearly all of them. I just don't think they work in a team environment.
Brian O'Driscoll
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Time
Work
Sports
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
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Sports
Very
Important
Aaron Cruden and Beauden Barrett have both been decent, but Dan Carter takes it on to a different level, and he kicks his goals better than both of them.
Brian O'Driscoll
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Been
Them
Than
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
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Me
More
Myself
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
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Time
Really
Them
For me, it took five years to understand what professionalism meant. But I'm more settled now. I'm married, life changes, and I've been lucky in managing my injuries.
Brian O'Driscoll
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Me
More
Life
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
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You
Will
Big
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
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You
Me
Life
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.
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Should
Whether
Run
Everyone has tests in their life. They come in lots of different forms. I had two or three together, which definitely challenged me as a person and as a sportsman. The big thing is how you react to those situations. You want to come out positively at the other end, and that's what I focused on doing.
Brian O'Driscoll
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You
Me
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