Dan O'Brien Quotes

I grew up watching the Olympics and did some athletics for my school, winning the Welsh pentathlon championship.

Playing professional football is something I'll never be able to do.

If you have the athletic ability, why waste it in one sport?

Obviously I was disappointed when it fell into disuse, because it was my own track named after me, but I am sure all those youngsters we lost will be coming back, and I certainly intend to be down here as much as I can, coaching and advising.

My mother was a champion high-jumper. My three brothers are basketball players. We've all been very athletic.

I've had some experience in track and field in school, but I did have to train to be able to play Jesse Owens - to be a runner, to be an Olympian.

I tried the broadcasting thing, the coaching thing, but I'll never replace the competitive feeling of being out on the field when we were players.

As a youngster, I enjoyed sport and my ambition was to be a great sportsman.

When I was a kid, I was always an athlete. I played a lot of sports. I played football, basketball, baseball and soccer.

I was playing cricket first and my cricket coach was the one that introduced me to track and field.

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

First of all, I really never imagined myself being a professional athlete.

I was a very good baseball player and football player as a kid.

Track and field is the best way to reach out for kids. It doesn't matter how fast you are. You always want to beat someone.

My father was a really good athlete, so his pop-ups really were sky high. Eventually I learned how to judge them properly and catch them well. It was great training for when I started to play on teams, which I did all through school.

I am blessed with a reasonable athletic talent and was an athlete in school.

One of the most fantastic experiences I ever had was as a decathlete. I finished fifth in the nation my senior year of high school. I had no training or nothing.

There's definitely football in the blood, but my body made my decision for me that I was going to be an Olympic athlete instead.

I started Little Athletics when I was five years old, but my Olympics dream started when I was 10 years old.

I have been an athlete for much of my life starting at the age of 4.

Playing sports is a craft that has to be worked on and perfected just like anything else.

I was a runner in Delhi's Army Public School. I started running when I was in class four and became the fastest sprinter in school and zone competitions by the time I reached class eight.

All I can do is play football, put it on film.

I learned how to be a smart, tough, fundamentally sound football player.

I was always a good athlete. I just gave up on football.