61 Quotes by Dan O'Brien

By virtue of their extended season, they'll come to camp in better position to make an impression.

Take pride in exactly what it is you do and remember it’s okay to fail as long as you don’t give up.

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

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.

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.

You can only look forward to a South Dakota winter if, as with childbirth, remodeling a house, or writing a novel, you’re able to forget how bad it was the last time.

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

I got interested in decathlon because a coach that I had was a big fan of Bruce Jenner, and he just saw the ability in me – but when it came down to it, I knew my best chance at a college scholarship would be in track and field.

The decathlon includes ten separate events and they all matter. You can’t work on just one of them.