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.

- Dan O'Brien

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

- Dan O'Brien

I call myself a chameleon.

- Dan O'Brien

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

- Dan O'Brien

I always know where the scissors are.

- 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.

- Dan O'Brien

You know why divorce costs so much? Because it is worth it!

- Dan O'Brien

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

- Dan O'Brien

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

- Dan O'Brien