--- title: "3 Winning Gold Quotes By Dan O'Brien" description: "3 Winning Gold quotes by Dan O'Brien. Plus more from Dan O'Brien and more Winning Gold sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d97/dan-o-brien-17274_been_through-everything-i-ve-gone-through-and_1804967.png" --- > [Through everything I've gone through- and I've been everywhere, at the top of the world, in jail, hung over drunk - I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-o-brien/through-everything-i-ve-gone-through-and-i-ve-been-everywhere-at-the/) [Dan O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-o-brien/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d97/dan-o-brien-17274_been_through-everything-i-ve-gone-through-and_1804967.png) > [I was playing little league baseball when Bruce Jenner was winning the gold, but I don't think I was really paying attention…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-o-brien/i-was-playing-little-league-baseball-when-bruce-jenner-was-winning/) [Dan O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-o-brien/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04e/dan-o-brien-17274_attention_i-was-playing-little-league-baseball-whe_1881762.png) > [I was playing little league baseball when Bruce Jenner was winning the gold but I don't think I was really paying attention…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-o-brien/i-was-playing-little-league-baseball-when-bruce-jenner-was-winning-2/) [Dan O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-o-brien/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d5/dan-o-brien-17274_attention_i-was-playing-little-league-baseball-whe_2823649.png) ## More by Dan O'Brien > [You have to be able to be a good loser. You have to be okay knowing you're going to fail every day in something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-o-brien/you-have-to-be-able-to-be-a-good-loser-you-have-to-be-okay-knowing/) [Dan O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-o-brien/) > [It's important for me to think I'm mixed-race.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-o-brien/it-s-important-for-me-to-think-i-m-mixed-race/) [Dan O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-o-brien/) > [To me, the decathlon is its own little society and I am part of that culture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-o-brien/to-me-the-decathlon-is-its-own-little-society-and-i-am-part-of-that/) [Dan O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-o-brien/) > [You can only look forward to a South Dakota winter if, as with childbirth, remodeling a house, or writing a novel, you're able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-o-brien/you-can-only-look-forward-to-a-south-dakota-winter-if-as-with/) [Dan O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-o-brien/) > [You need to become more than one type of athlete. You have to be a sprinter, a weight man and a distance guy all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-o-brien/you-need-to-become-more-than-one-type-of-athlete-you-have-to-be-a/) [Dan O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-o-brien/) > [If you never give up, you'll be successful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-o-brien/if-you-never-give-up-you-ll-be-successful/) [Dan O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-o-brien/) > [I think what my parents did was perfect. They were strict, concerned about my safety and held me back just a little.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-o-brien/i-think-what-my-parents-did-was-perfect-they-were-strict-concerned/) [Dan O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-o-brien/) > [After the failure in '92, my goal was to be a good pole vaulter. I used that as motivation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-o-brien/after-the-failure-in-92-my-goal-was-to-be-a-good-pole-vaulter-i-used/) [Dan O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-o-brien/) > [It took me time to realize that the men who won Olympic gold medals in the decathlon are just men, just like me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-o-brien/it-took-me-time-to-realize-that-the-men-who-won-olympic-gold-medals/) [Dan O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-o-brien/) > [As a young child, I was never a crier. I never cried to get my way, or even when I was in pain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-o-brien/as-a-young-child-i-was-never-a-crier-i-never-cried-to-get-my-way-or/) [Dan O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-o-brien/) > [I didn't get a ton of interest from colleges in baseball and football, but I was outstanding in track and had the sense that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-o-brien/i-didn-t-get-a-ton-of-interest-from-colleges-in-baseball-and-football/) [Dan O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-o-brien/) > [Try everything, because you're never sure what you're going to be great at.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-o-brien/try-everything-because-you-re-never-sure-what-you-re-going-to-be/) [Dan O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-o-brien/) > [When I was little, I wasn't allowed to put sugar on my breakfast cereal because it made me so hyper.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-o-brien/when-i-was-little-i-wasn-t-allowed-to-put-sugar-on-my-breakfast/) [Dan O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-o-brien/) > [I call myself a chameleon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-o-brien/i-call-myself-a-chameleon/) [Dan O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-o-brien/) > [As a young athlete, it was first about having fun; then it was about winning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-o-brien/as-a-young-athlete-it-was-first-about-having-fun-then-it-was-about/) [Dan O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-o-brien/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/winning-gold/dan-o-brien/#itemlist", "name": "3 Winning Gold Quotes By Dan O'Brien", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Through everything I've gone through- and I've been everywhere, at the top of the world, in jail, hung over drunk - I never gave up my dream of winning a gold medal in the Olympics.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dan O'Brien" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-o-brien/through-everything-i-ve-gone-through-and-i-ve-been-everywhere-at-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d97/dan-o-brien-17274_been_through-everything-i-ve-gone-through-and_1804967.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d97/dan-o-brien-17274_been_through-everything-i-ve-gone-through-and_1804967.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d97/dan-o-brien-17274_been_through-everything-i-ve-gone-through-and_1804967.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Through everything I've gone through- and I've been everywhere, at the top of the world, in jail, hung over…” — Dan O'Brien", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I was playing little league baseball when Bruce Jenner was winning the gold, but I don't think I was really paying attention at that time. 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