61 Quotes by Dan O'Brien

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.

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.

It really means a lot that I won the gold medal – but I woke up the next morning expecting to feel different. I felt the same.

When I was little, I wasn’t allowed to put sugar on my breakfast cereal because it made me so hyper.

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.

We’ll probably only consider a handful of individuals. We’ll bring up people who can accumulate either innings or at-bats, so we can hopefully gauge where they stand as a prospective Major Leaguer.

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. It was a lot of years of work, and when I won it, it was more a sense of relief than jubilation or exaltation.