Football Quotes by Brian O'Driscoll

20 Football quotes by Brian O'Driscoll

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Brian O'Driscoll contributes 20 reflections that mix his rugby sensibility with a keen eye for football’s strategic flow.

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You can't rely on your defence to win a World Cup.

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I would say I thrive in a competitive environment.

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I was a football fan before I became a rugby fan.

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

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Growing up, I supported Manchester United, and my hero was Mark Hughes.

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You want to win everything you are in.

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

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

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It's rare enough as an older generation player that you're 100% fit - there's always something niggling.

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

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Team sports are very important for shaping personalities. It's important that kids understand the mentality behind playing team sports and playing for…

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I tell you one you straight off in Scotland - Nick de Luca. I don't see his name quoted, but I've played…

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You go into the Lions camp with preconceived ideas about players and teams and then find guys are actually very different, and…

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Aaron Cruden and Beauden Barrett have both been decent, but Dan Carter takes it on to a different level, and he kicks…

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In a team situation, I think the players are more inclined to give the answer they believe the psychologist is looking for…

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There is still a big onus to be coached. I understand the best teams don't need a huge amount of coaching, but…

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I would always treat my attacking game as the more natural part. With defence, you have to get yourself in positions to…

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I'm very happy to have been a one-club man, but I wouldn't shoot down guys who have gone off and played in…

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People talk about loyalty of players to clubs. But in the everyday world, you don't see people being loyal to their company…

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Until you win a series, it's difficult to place yourself in that elite group of great Lions players. It's not enough to…

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There's ego in all of us rugby players.

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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…

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The 2001 tour to Australia would have been a great highlight in my career if the Lions had won the series. That might sound…

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My missus knows to leave me alone.

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

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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…

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Last summer was probably the biggest disappointment of my career, but now I have something bad with which to balance the good. I will…

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I've always found when I was captain when other people were doing the talking for me, I didn't need to say as much, and…

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

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I don't really want to be the centre of attention.

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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…

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I have always played into the belief that you are only ever borrowing the jersey; you never own the jersey because someone has gone…

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I don't care that people thought I was one way for my whole career because now that I am not attached to a team,…

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