Irish - Athlete | January 21, 1979 -
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 semifinal if you lose the final, so you have to do it all again.
Brian O'Driscoll
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If you start thinking about retirement in six months' time, you're already there.
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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 the case.
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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 disappointment.
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I was a football fan before I became a rugby fan.
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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 of your life as well as you can, and if it's something that people admire, well, fantastic. I don't sit at home and think about it too much, though - there's plenty of other things in my life going on.
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I didn't know Ian Smith myself!
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I've been a professional rugby player all my life; I don't really know anything different.
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You want to win everything you are in.
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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, I can have my own opinion, I can have my own voice. I can link myself to my own thought process rather than a generic message most teams try to get across.
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You can't rely on your defence to win a World Cup.
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There is still a big onus to be coached. I understand the best teams don't need a huge amount of coaching, but that's when a coach should decide not to do coaching.
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