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title: "32 You Quotes By Brian O'Driscoll"
description: "32 You quotes by Brian O'Driscoll. Plus more from Brian O'Driscoll and more You sayings from other authors."
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> [When you are captain, you are never speaking for yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-o-driscoll/when-you-are-captain-you-are-never-speaking-for-yourself/)

[Brian O'Driscoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-o-driscoll/)

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> [Just because you lost your last game doesn't mean you change anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-o-driscoll/just-because-you-lost-your-last-game-doesn-t-mean-you-change-anything/)

[Brian O'Driscoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-o-driscoll/)

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> [You want to win everything you are in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-o-driscoll/you-want-to-win-everything-you-are-in/)

[Brian O'Driscoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-o-driscoll/)

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> [That's what happens in the world. You get offered superior contracts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-o-driscoll/that-s-what-happens-in-the-world-you-get-offered-superior-contracts/)

[Brian O'Driscoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-o-driscoll/)

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> [You cannot say things one week and then behave differently.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-o-driscoll/you-cannot-say-things-one-week-and-then-behave-differently/)

[Brian O'Driscoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-o-driscoll/)

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> [You can't rely on your defence to win a World Cup.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-o-driscoll/you-can-t-rely-on-your-defence-to-win-a-world-cup/)

[Brian O'Driscoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-o-driscoll/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-o-driscoll/the-great-thing-about-playing-team-sport-is-you-win-and-lose-together/)

[Brian O'Driscoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-o-driscoll/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-o-driscoll/when-you-talk-to-family-and-friends-they-can-t-tell-you-anything-from/)

[Brian O'Driscoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-o-driscoll/)

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> [It's rare enough as an older generation player that you're 100% fit - there's always something niggling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-o-driscoll/it-s-rare-enough-as-an-older-generation-player-that-you-re-100-fit/)

[Brian O'Driscoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-o-driscoll/)

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> [If you start thinking about retirement in six months' time, you're already there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-o-driscoll/if-you-start-thinking-about-retirement-in-six-months-time-you-re/)

[Brian O'Driscoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-o-driscoll/)

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> [You have perspective when little people come into your life. You take the best things you have and let them overshadow your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-o-driscoll/you-have-perspective-when-little-people-come-into-your-life-you-take/)

[Brian O'Driscoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-o-driscoll/)

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> [You never sit on your laurels. It is always a case of trying to work on your deficiencies as much as working…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-o-driscoll/you-never-sit-on-your-laurels-it-is-always-a-case-of-trying-to-work/)

[Brian O'Driscoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-o-driscoll/)

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> [If you stick around long enough and you do enough of the right things, you get seen in a largely positive light.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-o-driscoll/if-you-stick-around-long-enough-and-you-do-enough-of-the-right-things/)

[Brian O'Driscoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-o-driscoll/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-o-driscoll/in-your-mid-20s-you-think-you-ll-go-on-for-eternity-then-a-point/)

[Brian O'Driscoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-o-driscoll/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-o-driscoll/i-would-always-treat-my-attacking-game-as-the-more-natural-part-with/)

[Brian O'Driscoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-o-driscoll/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-o-driscoll/until-you-win-a-series-it-s-difficult-to-place-yourself-in-that-elite/)

[Brian O'Driscoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-o-driscoll/)

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> [When you've done something for more than a third of your life, your whole adult life, and then all of a sudden…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-o-driscoll/when-you-ve-done-something-for-more-than-a-third-of-your-life-your/)

[Brian O'Driscoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-o-driscoll/)

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> [What do you remember about Jason Robinson? His feet. Not how improved he was under a high ball or his kicking skills.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-o-driscoll/what-do-you-remember-about-jason-robinson-his-feet-not-how-improved/)

[Brian O'Driscoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-o-driscoll/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-o-driscoll/i-have-always-played-into-the-belief-that-you-are-only-ever-borrowing/)

[Brian O'Driscoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-o-driscoll/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-o-driscoll/people-talk-about-loyalty-of-players-to-clubs-but-in-the-everyday/)

[Brian O'Driscoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-o-driscoll/)

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> [I was quite small as a kid and maybe a little afraid physically. When I grew into myself, the realisation changed. That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-o-driscoll/i-was-quite-small-as-a-kid-and-maybe-a-little-afraid-physically-when/)

[Brian O'Driscoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-o-driscoll/)

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> [Your name or what you've done on the rugby pitch is not going to carry you through for the rest of your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-o-driscoll/your-name-or-what-you-ve-done-on-the-rugby-pitch-is-not-going-to/)

[Brian O'Driscoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-o-driscoll/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-o-driscoll/if-you-can-be-a-good-role-model-for-people-well-great-you-try-and/)

[Brian O'Driscoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-o-driscoll/)

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> [If you can beat New Zealand, then you're probably going to win the World Cup.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-o-driscoll/if-you-can-beat-new-zealand-then-you-re-probably-going-to-win-the/)

[Brian O'Driscoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-o-driscoll/)

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> [As you get older, the defeats become more painful. They definitely hurt more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-o-driscoll/as-you-get-older-the-defeats-become-more-painful-they-definitely-hurt/)

[Brian O'Driscoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-o-driscoll/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-o-driscoll/you-go-into-the-lions-camp-with-preconceived-ideas-about-players-and/)

[Brian O'Driscoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-o-driscoll/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-o-driscoll/everyone-has-tests-in-their-life-they-come-in-lots-of-different-forms/)

[Brian O'Driscoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-o-driscoll/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-o-driscoll/i-tell-you-one-you-straight-off-in-scotland-nick-de-luca-i-don-t-see/)

[Brian O'Driscoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-o-driscoll/)

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> [There is no point winning the semi if you don't win the final. It's as simple as that. No one will remember…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-o-driscoll/there-is-no-point-winning-the-semi-if-you-don-t-win-the-final-it-s-as/)

[Brian O'Driscoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-o-driscoll/)

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> [Games bring another level out in you. There is no way you can train to the same intensity when you are playing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-o-driscoll/games-bring-another-level-out-in-you-there-is-no-way-you-can-train-to/)

[Brian O'Driscoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-o-driscoll/)

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> [If you stop doing a skill you've done for years for any period of time, there's an adjustment period to get it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-o-driscoll/if-you-stop-doing-a-skill-you-ve-done-for-years-for-any-period-of/)

[Brian O'Driscoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-o-driscoll/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-o-driscoll/practise-things-you-re-good-at-keep-on-top-of-things-you-re-not-so/)

[Brian O'Driscoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-o-driscoll/)

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## Other authors on You

## More by Brian O'Driscoll

> [There's ego in all of us rugby players.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-o-driscoll/there-s-ego-in-all-of-us-rugby-players/)

[Brian O'Driscoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-o-driscoll/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-o-driscoll/there-is-no-point-winning-the-semi-if-you-don-t-win-the-final-it-s-as/)

[Brian O'Driscoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-o-driscoll/i-tell-you-one-you-straight-off-in-scotland-nick-de-luca-i-don-t-see/)

[Brian O'Driscoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-o-driscoll/the-2001-tour-to-australia-would-have-been-a-great-highlight-in-my/)

[Brian O'Driscoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-o-driscoll/)

> [My missus knows to leave me alone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-o-driscoll/my-missus-knows-to-leave-me-alone/)

[Brian O'Driscoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-o-driscoll/)

> [It feels great to be a two-time Six Nations winner.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-o-driscoll/it-feels-great-to-be-a-two-time-six-nations-winner/)

[Brian O'Driscoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-o-driscoll/when-you-talk-to-family-and-friends-they-can-t-tell-you-anything-from/)

[Brian O'Driscoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-o-driscoll/)

> [Last summer was probably the biggest disappointment of my career, but now I have something bad with which to balance the good. I will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-o-driscoll/last-summer-was-probably-the-biggest-disappointment-of-my-career-but/)

[Brian O'Driscoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-o-driscoll/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-o-driscoll/i-ve-always-found-when-i-was-captain-when-other-people-were-doing-the/)

[Brian O'Driscoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-o-driscoll/)

> [Before there was any chance to go to England, I changed schools, and it was rugby from there on in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-o-driscoll/before-there-was-any-chance-to-go-to-england-i-changed-schools-and-it/)

[Brian O'Driscoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-o-driscoll/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-o-driscoll/people-talk-about-loyalty-of-players-to-clubs-but-in-the-everyday/)

[Brian O'Driscoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-o-driscoll/)

> [I don't really want to be the centre of attention.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-o-driscoll/i-don-t-really-want-to-be-the-centre-of-attention/)

[Brian O'Driscoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-o-driscoll/practise-things-you-re-good-at-keep-on-top-of-things-you-re-not-so/)

[Brian O'Driscoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-o-driscoll/)

> [I have always played into the belief that you are only ever borrowing the jersey; you never own the jersey because someone has gone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-o-driscoll/i-have-always-played-into-the-belief-that-you-are-only-ever-borrowing/)

[Brian O'Driscoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-o-driscoll/)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-o-driscoll/i-don-t-care-that-people-thought-i-was-one-way-for-my-whole-career/)

[Brian O'Driscoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-o-driscoll/)

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