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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

Topics: Able Day Every Every Day Fail Getting Going Good Good Loser Knowing Loser Mad Okay Something Upset Without You

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If you never give up, you'll be successful.

~Dan O'Brien

Topics: Give Never Never Give Up Successful Up You

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When I was little, I wasn't allowed to put sugar on my breakfast cereal because it made me so hyper.

~Dan O'Brien

Topics: Allowed Because Breakfast Cereal Hyper Little Made Me Put Sugar

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To me, the decathlon is its own little society and I am part of that culture.

~Dan O'Brien

Topics: Am Culture Decathlon Little Me Own Part Society I Am

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Through everything I've gone through- and I've been everywhere, at the top of the world, in jail, hung over drunk - I never gave up my dream of winning a gold medal in the Olympics.

~Dan O'Brien

Topics: Been Dream Drunk Everything Everywhere Gave Gold Gold Medal Gone Hung Jail Medal Never Olympics Over Through Top Up Winning World

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As a young child, I was never a crier. I never cried to get my way, or even when I was in pain.

~Dan O'Brien

Topics: Child Cried Even Get Never Pain Way Young Young Child

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Take pride in exactly what it is you do and remember it's okay to fail as long as you don't give up.

~Dan O'Brien

Topics: Exactly Exactly What Fail Give Long Okay Pride Remember Take Up You

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I think what my parents did was perfect. They were strict, concerned about my safety and held me back just a little.

~Dan O'Brien

Topics: About Back Concerned Did Held Just Little Me Parents Perfect Safety Strict Think Were I Think

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As a young athlete, it was first about having fun; then it was about winning.

~Dan O'Brien

Topics: About Athlete First Fun Having Having Fun Then Winning Young

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The decathlon includes ten separate events and they all matter. You can't work on just one of them.

~Dan O'Brien

Topics: Decathlon Events Just Just One Matter Separate Ten Them Work You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Athlete

Born: June 18th, 1966

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