Dan O'Brien Quotes

When I was growing up, yearning with my pals to be a track star, one of our heroes was Bruce Jenner. He won a gold medal at the 1976 Olympics in the decathlon, and he adorned our Wheaties boxes. We all wanted to be Bruce Jenner.

I was playing little league baseball when Bruce Jenner was winning the gold but I don't think I was really paying attention at that time.

I have a lot of expectations and a lot of goals I want to fulfill, but the biggest dream is still to make the Olympic team for London.

In Jamaica High School in New York, my coach was Larry Ellis, and he said I could probably make the Olympic team. He gave me something to shoot for.

I got interested in decathlon because a coach that I had was a big fan of Bruce Jenner, and he just saw the ability in me - but when it came down to it, I knew my best chance at a college scholarship would be in track and field.

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.

I've been dreaming of winning gold medal in the Olympics.

I called Daley Thompson after the Games of '84, when he won. He'd had this phenomenal decathlon for nine events - and then he went out there and jogged the 1,500 meters and missed the world record by, like, three points.

I wanted to play baseball ever since I was 5 years old.

My first Olympics memory was watching Haile Gebrselassie in Sydney 2000. His sprint finish to defend his title really moved me.

I think it's when I won the Youth Olympics I thought, 'I can really get gold in London.'

I didn't really ever dream of going to the Olympics until after 2012.

It's always been a dream of mine to be an Olympian.

I've dreamed about going to the Olympics ever since I was young.

It's been a dream of mine to be selected on the U.S. Olympic team as long as I can remember.

If it wasn't for my dad, I would never have known about pentathlon, because it's not popular at all in Australia.

My only aim is to win an Olympic medal.

When I chose athletics, I knew I wanted to be Olympic champion, and now I have done it in London.

I don't play basketball for the money; it was the last thing I thought of when I was a little kid.

Having the chance to win a gold medal doesn't come around very often.

I had a great season and truly enjoyed competing around the world - from Monaco, where I managed to establish a world record, to Beijing, where I finally captured my first world outdoor title.

Ever since I knew Dad did pentathlon, I wanted to do it as well. I have seen all his old photos, and he still has his Olympic riding jacket, and that makes this even more special.

My dad had me in little baseball outfits and bats in the crib.

I wasn't jumping like Carl Lewis, but I still won an Olympic title.

I thought the Little League fields were big. You look back now, and its obviously the smallest field you can play on.