That's what happens in the world. You get offered superior contracts. — Brian O'Driscoll Copy Share Image
When you talk to family and friends, they can't tell you anything from an impartial point of view because they have a… — Brian O'Driscoll Copy Share Image
The great thing about playing team sport is you win and lose together, and the pain is never as bad when you… — Brian O'Driscoll Copy Share Image
If you start thinking about retirement in six months' time, you're already there. — Brian O'Driscoll Copy Share Image
If you can beat New Zealand, then you're probably going to win the World Cup. — Brian O'Driscoll Copy Share Image
If you stick around long enough and you do enough of the right things, you get seen in a largely positive light. — Brian O'Driscoll Copy Share Image
You never sit on your laurels. It is always a case of trying to work on your deficiencies as much as working… — Brian O'Driscoll Copy Share Image
I would always treat my attacking game as the more natural part. With defence, you have to get yourself in positions to… — Brian O'Driscoll Copy Share Image
I was quite small as a kid and maybe a little afraid physically. When I grew into myself, the realisation changed. That… — Brian O'Driscoll Copy Share Image
People talk about loyalty of players to clubs. But in the everyday world, you don't see people being loyal to their company… — Brian O'Driscoll Copy Share Image
I have always played into the belief that you are only ever borrowing the jersey; you never own the jersey because someone… — Brian O'Driscoll Copy Share Image
When you've done something for more than a third of your life, your whole adult life, and then all of a sudden… — Brian O'Driscoll Copy Share Image
Until you win a series, it's difficult to place yourself in that elite group of great Lions players. It's not enough to… — Brian O'Driscoll Copy Share Image
There is no point winning the semi if you don't win the final. It's as simple as that. No one will remember… — Brian O'Driscoll Copy Share Image
I tell you one you straight off in Scotland - Nick de Luca. I don't see his name quoted, but I've played… — Brian O'Driscoll Copy Share Image
You go into the Lions camp with preconceived ideas about players and teams and then find guys are actually very different, and… — Brian O'Driscoll Copy Share Image
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… — Brian O'Driscoll Copy Share Image
It's rare enough as an older generation player that you're 100% fit - there's always something niggling. — Brian O'Driscoll Copy Share Image
Just because you lost your last game doesn't mean you change anything. — Brian O'Driscoll Copy Share Image
You have perspective when little people come into your life. You take the best things you have and let them overshadow your… — Brian O'Driscoll Copy Share Image
In your mid-20s, you think you'll go on for eternity. Then a point comes where you realise that's not going to be… — Brian O'Driscoll Copy Share Image
As you get older, the defeats become more painful. They definitely hurt more. — Brian O'Driscoll Copy Share Image
Your name or what you've done on the rugby pitch is not going to carry you through for the rest of your… — Brian O'Driscoll Copy Share Image
What do you remember about Jason Robinson? His feet. Not how improved he was under a high ball or his kicking skills.… — Brian O'Driscoll Copy Share Image
Games bring another level out in you. There is no way you can train to the same intensity when you are playing… — Brian O'Driscoll Copy Share Image
If you stop doing a skill you've done for years for any period of time, there's an adjustment period to get it… — Brian O'Driscoll Copy Share Image
If you can be a good role model for people, well, great. You try and live your sporting life and the rest… — Brian O'Driscoll Copy Share Image
Everyone has tests in their life. They come in lots of different forms. I had two or three together, which definitely challenged… — Brian O'Driscoll Copy Share Image
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… — Brian O'Driscoll Copy Share Image
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… — Brian O'Driscoll Copy Share Image
The 2001 tour to Australia would have been a great highlight in my career if the Lions had won the series. That might sound… — Brian O'Driscoll Copy Share Image
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… — Brian O'Driscoll Copy Share Image
Last summer was probably the biggest disappointment of my career, but now I have something bad with which to balance the good. I will… — Brian O'Driscoll Copy Share Image
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… — Brian O'Driscoll Copy Share Image
Before there was any chance to go to England, I changed schools, and it was rugby from there on in. — Brian O'Driscoll Copy Share Image
People talk about loyalty of players to clubs. But in the everyday world, you don't see people being loyal to their company when they're… — Brian O'Driscoll Copy Share Image
