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

Brian O'Driscoll

I tell you one you straight off in Scotland - Nick de Luca. I don't see his name quoted, but I've played against Nick quite a lot and he is a good player - one of the trickiest centres I've played against.

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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, tho...

Brian O'Driscoll

Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.

Brian O'Driscoll

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

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

I've been a professional rugby player all my life; I don't really know anything different.

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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...

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I've got my head fixed on the next part of life. I know there will be an adjusting period of just not being a rugby player for a while, and over that period I'll get my head around what the next challenge involves.

Brian O'Driscoll

When you've done something for more than a third of your life, your whole adult life, and then all of a sudden you're going to have to switch off and say, 'No more,' you want to grasp as much of it and enjoy the last few years of it as much as you ca...

Brian O'Driscoll

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.

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

There's ego in all of us rugby players.

Brian O'Driscoll

One thing I learnt early on my career is that personal gratification takes second place.

Brian O'Driscoll

A physical therapist does some unbelievable stretching with me.

Brian O'Driscoll

That's what happens in the world. You get offered superior contracts.

Brian O'Driscoll

As you get older, the defeats become more painful. They definitely hurt more.

Brian O'Driscoll

I need to worry about the things that I am in control of.

Brian O'Driscoll

The victory is always sweeter... winning things with friends.

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

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 rug...

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Author Bio

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