Nowadays, to be a good world-ranked decathlete, you need to be good at everything. — Dan O'Brien Copy Share Image
Try everything, because you're never sure what you're going to be great at. — Dan O'Brien Copy Share Image
And there is such a thing as a decathlon high. It's like a rock rolling down hill, picking up momentum. You get… — Dan O'Brien Copy Share Image
Take pride in exactly what it is you do and remember it's okay to fail as long as you don't give up. — Dan O'Brien Copy Share Image
The decathlon includes ten separate events and they all matter. You can't work on just one of them. — Dan O'Brien Copy Share Image
You have to be able to be a good loser. You have to be okay knowing you're going to fail every day… — Dan O'Brien Copy Share Image
You need to become more than one type of athlete. You have to be a sprinter, a weight man and a distance… — Dan O'Brien Copy Share Image
When first starting to work with someone you try to get them in the same mindset that you were in when you… — Dan O'Brien Copy Share Image
As athletes, we're defined by what we've accomplished. Those are what most people remember and what you get paid for. But I… — Dan O'Brien Copy Share Image
I was a good decathlete until I got with a coach that really knew how to train specifically for the event... I'd… — Dan O'Brien Copy Share Image
I just love playing so much, competing so much. You're able to put your losses behind you. One of the greatest attributes… — Dan O'Brien Copy Share Image
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… — Dan O'Brien Copy Share
To me, the decathlon is its own little society and I am part of that culture. — Dan O'Brien Copy Share
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… — Dan O'Brien Copy Share
You need to become more than one type of athlete. You have to be a sprinter, a weight man and a distance guy all… — Dan O'Brien Copy Share
I think what my parents did was perfect. They were strict, concerned about my safety and held me back just a little. — Dan O'Brien Copy Share
After the failure in '92, my goal was to be a good pole vaulter. I used that as motivation. — Dan O'Brien Copy Share
It took me time to realize that the men who won Olympic gold medals in the decathlon are just men, just like me. — Dan O'Brien Copy Share
As a young child, I was never a crier. I never cried to get my way, or even when I was in pain. — Dan O'Brien Copy Share
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… — Dan O'Brien Copy Share
When I was little, I wasn't allowed to put sugar on my breakfast cereal because it made me so hyper. — Dan O'Brien Copy Share
As a young athlete, it was first about having fun; then it was about winning. — Dan O'Brien Copy Share
