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.
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
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
It took me time to realize that the men who won Olympic gold medals in the decathlon are just men, just like me.
I always know where the scissors are. - Dan O'Brien
I always know where the scissors are.
I call myself a chameleon. - Dan O'Brien
I call myself a chameleon.
Try everything, because you're never sure what you're going to be great at. - Dan O'Brien
Try everything, because you're never sure what you're going to be great at.
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
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 know why divorce costs so much? Because it is worth it! - Dan O'Brien
You know why divorce costs so much? Because it is worth it!
When I was little, I wasn't allowed to put sugar on my breakfast cereal because it made me so hyper. - Dan O'Brien
When I was little, I wasn't allowed to put sugar on my breakfast cereal because it made me so hyper.
It's important for me to think I'm mixed-race. - Dan O'Brien
It's important for me to think I'm mixed-race.
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