99 Quotes by Brian O'Driscoll

Rugby gave me a confidence. I was quite shy and relatively timid, but it gave me the confidence to be a little bit more out-going and back myself a bit more.

Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.

I was a football fan before I became a rugby fan.

One thing I learnt early on my career is that personal gratification takes second place.

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.

Team sports are very important for shaping personalities. It's important that kids understand the mentality behind playing team sports and playing for one another and playing with friends.

The 2001 tour to Australia would have been a great highlight in my career if the Lions had won the series. That might sound strange because it was a great tour in many ways, but, for me, the more time goes by, the less of a career highlight it becomes, and just more of a frustration.

When you are captain, you are never speaking for yourself.

You've to celebrate the good days because there are brutal days that make the good ones sweet.