American - Athlete | July 18, 1966 -
If you never give up, you'll be successful.
Dan O'Brien
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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 without getting mad and upset.
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And there is such a thing as a decathlon high. It's like a rock rolling down hill, picking up momentum. You get better and better.
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There is nothing better than having a personal-best day, being in shape and pushing myself beyond my own limits.
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To me, the decathlon is its own little society and I am part of that culture.
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Through everything I've gone through- and I've been everywhere, at the top of the world, in jail, hung over drunk - I never gave up my dream of winning a gold medal in the Olympics.
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As a young child, I was never a crier. I never cried to get my way, or even when I was in pain.
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Take pride in exactly what it is you do and remember it's okay to fail as long as you don't give up.
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I think what my parents did was perfect. They were strict, concerned about my safety and held me back just a little.
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When I was little, I wasn't allowed to put sugar on my breakfast cereal because it made me so hyper.
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As a young athlete, it was first about having fun; then it was about winning.
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The decathlon includes ten separate events and they all matter. You can't work on just one of them.
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