61 Quotes by Dan O'Brien

Try everything, because you're never sure what you're going to be great at.

I was playing little league baseball when Bruce Jenner was winning the gold, but I don't think I was really paying attention at that time. It wasn't until 1980 - I think I was 12 years old - that I thought, 'Wow that's what I want to do. I want to be on the Olympic team.'

It took me time to realize that the men who won Olympic gold medals in the decathlon are just men, just like me.

When my world record got broken in 1999, it hurt a little bit, to say the least. But I was in a leg brace at the time and I had just had knee surgery and I couldn't do anything about it.

There is nothing better than having a personal-best day, being in shape and pushing myself beyond my own limits.

As a young athlete, it was first about having fun; then it was about winning.

I was playing little league baseball when Bruce Jenner was winning the gold but I don't think I was really paying attention at that time.

It's important for me to think I'm mixed-race.

Breaking the world record in '92 was a very special personal moment, but I'd say my favorite moment as a decathlete was winning the Olympic gold medal.