Brian O'Driscoll
Brian O'Driscoll
NationalityIrish
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth21 January 1979
CountryIreland
across experience man won
Clive was the man who had won a World Cup, he had the experience and I was there to back him up and get across what he wanted to do.
bigger celebrate crown feels nations needed performance six stepping stone talking triple week win
This is a stepping stone to bigger things hopefully. We'll celebrate it tonight. We needed the performance we've been talking about this week for the whole of the Six Nations and to put it in to win the Triple Crown feels good.
came coming goods great performance pressure produced shock
It was a performance that had been coming for a while and it does not shock me all that much. When the pressure came on we produced the goods and we can take great satisfaction from that.
bit gave quite relatively
Rugby gave me a confidence. I was quite shy and relatively timid, but it gave me the confidence to be a little bit more out-going and back myself a bit more.
became
I was a football fan before I became a rugby fan.
learnt second takes
One thing I learnt early on my career is that personal gratification takes second place.
family impartial interest point
When you talk to family and friends, they can't tell you anything from an impartial point of view because they have a vested interest in you.
australia goes great highlight less lions might sound strange time tour won
The 2001 tour to Australia would have been a great highlight in my career if the Lions had won the series. That might sound strange because it was a great tour in many ways, but, for me, the more time goes by, the less of a career highlight it becomes, and just more of a frustration.
manchester supported
Growing up, I supported Manchester United, and my hero was Mark Hughes.
stretching
A physical therapist does some unbelievable stretching with me.
borrowing case gone jersey maximum played respect
I have always played into the belief that you are only ever borrowing the jersey; you never own the jersey because someone has gone before you and there is going to be someone after you, so it's a case of giving the jersey maximum respect.
carry eventually frighten life name pitch realise
Your name or what you've done on the rugby pitch is not going to carry you through for the rest of your life. I realise I'm going to have to eventually do something else, and that does frighten me a little bit.
bad great lose pain playing share sports win
The great thing about playing team sport is you win and lose together, and the pain is never as bad when you share it.
change last mean
Just because you lost your last game doesn't mean you change anything.