About Quote by Dan O'Brien Download Open image “As a young athlete, it was first about having fun; then it was about winning.” — Dan O'Brien ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare About Athlete First Firsts Fun Having Having fun Sports Success Then Winning Young Young athletes Youth
As a young girl, I just wanted to have fun and compete. There were no goals of becoming an Olympic athlete. I wanted to… — Lolo Jones Copy Share Image
My father thought sport was something fun - he didn't know it was a way to make money. — Haile Gebrselassie Copy Share Image
You get older, and you want to be a professional athlete; you want to win on the biggest stage. — Patrick Mahomes Copy Share Image
As an athlete, you figure you work your whole life to have what you have, and to be able to show the world what… — Ricky Williams Copy Share Image
As a child, I was competitive in whatever it was - first one to eat your wings, first one to run to the door.… — Jamal Murray Copy Share Image
In my teens, I had no idea about running as a sports event. For me, an orphan, it was not only about learning how… — Milkha Singh Copy Share Image
Sport is not just about entertainment. It is equally about winning and losing, pooling and galvanising the energy of the youth, upgrading people's physical… — Nita Ambani Copy Share Image
I was an athlete when I was young and devoted a lot of time to sports. — Mimi Chakraborty Copy Share Image
I'm an athlete; my dad had made sure I played all the same sports as boys growing up, so I was always super competitive. — Nia Jax Copy Share Image
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… — Dan O'Brien Copy Share Image
My dad saw it as a goal before I did, when I was 12 years old. I didn't think competing in Olympics was possible… — Bonnie Blair Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I was super competitive. I wanted to win everything. Most of all, I was competitive with myself. — Andrey Rublev 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 Image
To me, the decathlon is its own little society and I am part of that culture. — Dan O'Brien Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
After the failure in '92, my goal was to be a good pole vaulter. I used that as motivation. — Dan O'Brien Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Try everything, because you're never sure what you're going to be great at. — Dan O'Brien Copy Share Image
If you ask an introvert a question, wait until she thinks about it. Introverts think before speaking, not through speaking. If you want to… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
I talk to my mates about our kids, being too tired and being worn out. — Holly Willoughby Copy Share Image
With 'Pretty Girls,' I saw the opportunity to talk not just about crime but what crime leaves behind. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
I write about presidents. That means I write about guys - so far. I'm interested in the people closest to them, the people they… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
That's something a lot of folks don't know about me - I'm pretty darn funny. — Michael Jai White Copy Share Image
I don't think about the press or the crowds or the other leaders of the race. The focus is only on myself. As soon… — Magdalena Neuner Copy Share Image
Sport is not just about entertainment. It is equally about winning and losing, pooling and galvanising the energy of the youth, upgrading people's physical… — Nita Ambani Copy Share Image
One of the ways that I discovered my confidence and my ability to overpower is becoming a mother. Suddenly, my world wasn't about myself… — Lights Copy Share Image
I didn't want to do 'Fashion Police' because I thought, 'This is stupid, this is beneath me, who wants to talk about fashion?' It… — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
I just worried about my weight. Worried about my appearance and thought I wan't pretty enough to be a pop star. It was very… — Judith Durham Copy Share Image
