Quotes by Brian O'Driscoll

About Brian O'Driscoll:

Brian Gerald O'Driscoll is an Irish former professional rugby union player. Registered at University College Dublin R.F.C., he played at outside centre for the Irish provincial team Leinster and formerly for Ireland. He captained Ireland from 2003 until 2012, and captained the British and Irish Lions for their 2005 tour of New Zealand. He is regarded by critics as one of the greatest rugby union players of all time.
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My missus knows to leave me alone.

Brian O'Driscoll

Dressing rooms can be vicious places, in the best possible way, from a slagging point of view.

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

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

Brian O'Driscoll

Practise things you're good at. Keep on top of things you're not so good at, but be world-class at your best. Never think, 'I'm very good at this and that, I can leave those for a bit.'

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

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.

Brian O'Driscoll

Before there was any chance to go to England, I changed schools, and it was rugby from there on in.

Brian O'Driscoll

Just because you lost your last game doesn't mean you change anything.

Brian O'Driscoll

As the summer moves on, there are Saturday nights when I come home and find friends I haven't even been out with sitting up in the hot tub.

Brian O'Driscoll

I've never bought a sports car.

Brian O'Driscoll

The great thing about playing team sport is you win and lose together, and the pain is never as bad when you share it.

Brian O'Driscoll

Until you win a series, it's difficult to place yourself in that elite group of great Lions players. It's not enough to produce one-off performances or be nearly-men.

Brian O'Driscoll

The 2001 tour to Australia would have been a great highlight in my career if the Lions had won the series. That might sound strange because it was a great tour in many ways, but, for me, the more time goes by, the less of a career highlight it become...

Brian O'Driscoll

I still get a great buzz from rugby.

Brian O'Driscoll

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

Brian O'Driscoll

You've to celebrate the good days because there are brutal days that make the good ones sweet.

Brian O'Driscoll

I don't feel comfortable with the kind of celebrity that has come my way - and I'm not very good at it, either.

Brian O'Driscoll

I'm fairly adventurous with my eating. I've tried kangaroo, and Moreton Bay bugs, which are a kind of lobster, are so good.

Brian O'Driscoll

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

Brian O'Driscoll

Author Bio

  • NameBrian O'Driscoll
  • DescriptionRugby union player from Ireland
  • BornJanuary 21, 1979
  • CountryIreland
  • ProfessionRugby Union Player