Brian O'Driscoll
Brian O'Driscoll
NationalityIrish
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth21 January 1979
CountryIreland
retirement thinking months
If you start thinking about retirement in six months' time, you're already there.
sports team years
I love going out every day and training and being part of the team, and having friendships built up over a number of years. It's those aspects of sport that I feel are really important.
summer disappointment careers
Last summer was probably the biggest disappointment of my career, but now I have something bad with which to balance the good. I will no longer take anything for granted.
sweet good-day celebrate
You've to celebrate the good days because there are brutal days that make the good ones sweet.
games want lasts
It's 45 minutes after the game right now and I still don't want to take this jersey off. That's because I know that when I do it'll be for the last time...
learnt second takes
One thing I learnt early on my career is that personal gratification takes second place.
thinking training important
I think training and being dedicated is very important, but one aspect that I always live by is that I enjoy myself in what I do!
form
I think my form dipped after the Six Nations in 2007, from the World Cup onwards.
adjustment motor period repetition stop time work
If you stop doing a skill you've done for years for any period of time, there's an adjustment period to get it back. In anything you do. Motor skills won't work as fast, because repetition is everything.