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You need to become more than one type of athlete. You have to be a sprinter, a weight man and a distance guy all in one.

~Dan O'Brien

Topics: Athlete Become Distance Guy Man More Need Sprinter Than Type Weight You

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And there is such a thing as a decathlon high. It's like a rock rolling down hill, picking up momentum. You get better and better.

~Dan O'Brien

Topics: Better Decathlon Down Get High Hill Like Momentum Picking Rock Rolling Such A Thing Thing Up You

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There is nothing better than having a personal-best day, being in shape and pushing myself beyond my own limits.

~Dan O'Brien

Topics: Being Better Beyond Day Having Limits My Own Myself Nothing Own Pushing Shape Than

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I call myself a chameleon.

~Dan O'Brien

Topics: Call Chameleon Myself

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It's important for me to think I'm mixed-race.

~Dan O'Brien

Topics: Important Me Think

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

~Dan O'Brien

Topics: Decathlon Gold Just Like Me Medals Men Olympic Olympic Gold Realize Time Took Who Won

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It really means a lot that I won the gold medal - but I woke up the next morning expecting to feel different. I felt the same.

~Dan O'Brien

Topics: Different Expecting Feel Felt Gold Gold Medal Lot Means Medal Morning Next Next Morning Really Same Up Woke Won

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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.

~Dan O'Brien

Topics: Attention Baseball Bruce Gold League Little Little League Paying Playing Really Think Time Winning

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Try everything, because you're never sure what you're going to be great at.

~Dan O'Brien

Topics: Because Everything Going Great Never Sure Try You

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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.

~Dan O'Brien

Topics: Ability Because Best Big Big Fan Bruce Came Chance Coach College Decathlon Down Fan Field Got Had He Interested Just Knew Me Saw Scholarship Track Track And Field Would

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Athlete

Born: June 18th, 1966

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