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…

— Dan O'Brien

It's important for me to think I'm mixed-race.

— Dan O'Brien

To me, the decathlon is its own little society and I am part of that culture.

— 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…

— 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…

— Dan O'Brien

If you never give up, you'll be successful.

— 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.

— Dan O'Brien

After the failure in '92, my goal was to be a good pole vaulter. I used that as motivation.

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Dan O'Brien

Try everything, because you're never sure what you're going to be great at.

— Dan O'Brien

When I was little, I wasn't allowed to put sugar on my breakfast cereal because it made me so hyper.

— Dan O'Brien

I call myself a chameleon.

— Dan O'Brien

As a young athlete, it was first about having fun; then it was about winning.

— Dan O'Brien

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

I've always had to have some kind of failure before I was successful.

— Dan O'Brien

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

When my world record got broken in 1999, it hurt a little bit, to say the least. But I was in a…

— Dan O'Brien

We'll probably only consider a handful of individuals. We'll bring up people who can accumulate either innings or at-bats, so we can…

— Dan O'Brien

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

Through everything I've gone through- and I've been everywhere, at the top of the world, in jail, hung over drunk - I…

— Dan O'Brien

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

I was playing little league baseball when Bruce Jenner was winning the gold, but I don't think I was really paying attention…

— Dan O'Brien

You know why divorce costs so much? Because it is worth it!

— Dan O'Brien