Irish - Athlete | January 21, 1979 -
I've got my head fixed on the next part of life. I know there will be an adjusting period of just not being a rugby player for a while, and over that period I'll get my head around what the next challenge involves.
Brian O'Driscoll
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I had massive admiration for lots of players. Richard Hill would be up there, along with Martin Johnson.
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As you get older, the defeats become more painful. They definitely hurt more.
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I had come across a few sports psychologists, and I had no time for nearly all of them. I just don't think they work in a team environment.
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I've never bought a sports car.
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Dressing rooms can be vicious places, in the best possible way, from a slagging point of view.
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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 vested interest in you.
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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 understand the game and understand situations and that might not be as natural a thing.
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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 on your strengths.
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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 a game. It is just impossible. Your head won't allow you to do it. Because the adrenalin of a game and the importance of it steps it up to another level.
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I need to worry about the things that I am in control of.
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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 has gone before you and there is going to be someone after you, so it's a case of giving the jersey maximum respect.
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