99 Quotes by Brian O'Driscoll

Growing up, I supported Manchester United, and my hero was Mark Hughes.

A physical therapist does some unbelievable stretching with me.

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.

Your name or what you've done on the rugby pitch is not going to carry you through for the rest of your life. I realise I'm going to have to eventually do something else, and that does frighten me a little bit.

The great thing about playing team sport is you win and lose together, and the pain is never as bad when you share it.

Just because you lost your last game doesn't mean you change anything.

It's happened a couple of times in training when I hyper-extend my back. Some facet joints send all the muscles in my lower back and lumbar-spine into spasm.

When you've done something for more than a third of your life, your whole adult life, and then all of a sudden you're going to have to switch off and say, 'No more,' you want to grasp as much of it and enjoy the last few years of it as much as you can. Because you can't get those years back.

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.