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Brian O'Driscoll quotes: I'm an eternal optimist.

I'm an eternal optimist.

Brian O'Driscoll quotes: It feels great to be a two-time Six Nations winner.

It feels great to be a two-time Six Nations winner.

Brian O'Driscoll quotes: You never sit on your laurels. It is always a case of trying to work on your deficiencies as much as working on your strengths.

You never sit on your laurels. It is always a case of trying to work on your deficiencies as much as working on your strengths.

Brian O'Driscoll quotes: Timmy Horan was a childhood hero. He was a great distributor, elusive, good stepper, very physical, defensively very sound. What a rounded player.

Timmy Horan was a childhood hero. He was a great distributor, elusive, good stepper, very physical, defensively very sound. What a rounded player.

Brian O'Driscoll quotes: I think my form dipped after the Six Nations in 2007, from the World Cup onwards.

I think my form dipped after the Six Nations in 2007, from the World Cup onwards.

Brian O'Driscoll quotes: The Polynesian guys are pretty strong without going to the gym.

The Polynesian guys are pretty strong without going to the gym.

Brian O'Driscoll quotes: You want to win everything you are in.

You want to win everything you are in.

Brian O'Driscoll quotes: I had massive admiration for lots of players. Richard Hill would be up there, along with Martin Johnson.

I had massive admiration for lots of players. Richard Hill would be up there, along with Martin Johnson.

Brian O'Driscoll quotes: I still get a great buzz from rugby.

I still get a great buzz from rugby.

Brian O'Driscoll quotes: I would say I thrive in a competitive environment.

I would say I thrive in a competitive environment.

Brian O'Driscoll quotes: I need to worry about the things that I am in control of.

I need to worry about the things that I am in control of.

Brian O'Driscoll quotes: I just want to concentrate on my rugby and enjoy it and live in the moment.

I just want to concentrate on my rugby and enjoy it and live in the moment.

Brian O'Driscoll quotes: The big upside to being captain is it's a huge honour, but the downside is that there is definitely extra pressure.

The big upside to being captain is it's a huge honour, but the downside is that there is definitely extra pressure.

Brian O'Driscoll quotes: I was a football fan before I became a rugby fan.

I was a football fan before I became a rugby fan.

Brian O'Driscoll quotes: If you stick around long enough and you do enough of the right things, you get seen in a largely positive light.

If you stick around long enough and you do enough of the right things, you get seen in a largely positive light.

Brian O'Driscoll quotes: Before there was any chance to go to England, I changed schools, and it was rugby from there on in.

Before there was any chance to go to England, I changed schools, and it was rugby from there on in.

Brian O'Driscoll quotes: There's ego in all of us rugby players.

There's ego in all of us rugby players.

Brian O'Driscoll quotes: As the summer moves on, there are Saturday nights when I come home and find friends I haven't even been out with sitting up in the hot tub.

As the summer moves on, there are Saturday nights when I come home and find friends I haven't even been out with sitting up in the hot tub.

Brian O'Driscoll quotes: Growing up, I supported Manchester United, and my hero was Mark Hughes.

Growing up, I supported Manchester United, and my hero was Mark Hughes.

Brian O'Driscoll quotes: I have ambitions to set records which will be hard to chase down, like getting more than 100 caps for Ireland.

I have ambitions to set records which will be hard to chase down, like getting more than 100 caps for Ireland.

Brian O'Driscoll quotes: When you talk to family and friends, they can't tell you anything from an impartial point of view because they have a vested interest in you.

When you talk to family and friends, they can't tell you anything from an impartial point of view because they have a vested interest in you.

Brian O'Driscoll quotes: The victory is always sweeter ... winning things with friends.

The victory is always sweeter ... winning things with friends.

Brian O'Driscoll quotes: It's rare enough as an older generation player that you're 100% fit - there's always something niggling.

It's rare enough as an older generation player that you're 100% fit - there's always something niggling.

Brian O'Driscoll quotes: Just because you lost your last game doesn't mean you change anything.

Just because you lost your last game doesn't mean you change anything.

Brian O'Driscoll quotes: I didn't know Ian Smith myself!

I didn't know Ian Smith myself!

Brian O'Driscoll quotes: You've to celebrate the good days because there are brutal days that make the good ones sweet.

You've to celebrate the good days because there are brutal days that make the good ones sweet.

Brian O'Driscoll quotes: 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!

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!

Brian O'Driscoll quotes: I don't feel comfortable with the kind of celebrity that has come my way - and I'm not very good at it, either.

I don't feel comfortable with the kind of celebrity that has come my way - and I'm not very good at it, either.

Brian O'Driscoll quotes: I had come across a few sports psychologists, and I had no time for nearly all of them. I just don't think they work in a team environment.

I had come across a few sports psychologists, and I had no time for nearly all of them. I just don't think they work in a team environment.

Brian O'Driscoll quotes: I've never bought a sports car.

I've never bought a sports car.

Brian O'Driscoll quotes: I was exposed to the gym at about 28. I never had a huge love or appetite for it - it was just a means to an end.

I was exposed to the gym at about 28. I never had a huge love or appetite for it - it was just a means to an end.

Brian O'Driscoll quotes: If you can beat New Zealand, then you're probably going to win the World Cup.

If you can beat New Zealand, then you're probably going to win the World Cup.

Brian O'Driscoll quotes: I get burnt in the sun, so there's no point me getting pecs for when I take my shirt off in the summer.

I get burnt in the sun, so there's no point me getting pecs for when I take my shirt off in the summer.

Brian O'Driscoll quotes: If you start thinking about retirement in six months' time, you're already there.

If you start thinking about retirement in six months' time, you're already there.

Brian O'Driscoll quotes: I'm very much a glass-half-full person.

I'm very much a glass-half-full person.

Brian O'Driscoll quotes: Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.

Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.

Brian O'Driscoll quotes: I've been a professional rugby player all my life; I don't really know anything different.

I've been a professional rugby player all my life; I don't really know anything different.

Brian O'Driscoll quotes: In your mid-20s, you think you'll go on for eternity. Then a point comes where you realise that's not going to be the case.

In your mid-20s, you think you'll go on for eternity. Then a point comes where you realise that's not going to be the case.

Brian O'Driscoll quotes: A physical therapist does some unbelievable stretching with me.

A physical therapist does some unbelievable stretching with me.

Brian O'Driscoll quotes: When you are captain, you are never speaking for yourself.

When you are captain, you are never speaking for yourself.

Brian O'Driscoll quotes: You have perspective when little people come into your life. You take the best things you have and let them overshadow your disappointment.

You have perspective when little people come into your life. You take the best things you have and let them overshadow your disappointment.

Brian O'Driscoll quotes: I don't really want to be the centre of attention.

I don't really want to be the centre of attention.

Brian O'Driscoll quotes: Rugby takes its toll.

Rugby takes its toll.

Brian O'Driscoll quotes: My nutritional knowledge is good enough to figure out what's good, what's bad, and where my leeway is.

My nutritional knowledge is good enough to figure out what's good, what's bad, and where my leeway is.

Brian O'Driscoll quotes: You cannot say things one week and then behave differently.

You cannot say things one week and then behave differently.

Brian O'Driscoll quotes: You can't rely on your defence to win a World Cup.

You can't rely on your defence to win a World Cup.

Brian O'Driscoll quotes: I enjoy training so much, sometimes I don't want it to stop.

I enjoy training so much, sometimes I don't want it to stop.

Brian O'Driscoll quotes: I'm fairly adventurous with my eating. I've tried kangaroo, and Moreton Bay bugs, which are a kind of lobster, are so good.

I'm fairly adventurous with my eating. I've tried kangaroo, and Moreton Bay bugs, which are a kind of lobster, are so good.

Brian O'Driscoll quotes: I have interests outside of rugby and have been cultivating them for when I do decide to hang up the boots.

I have interests outside of rugby and have been cultivating them for when I do decide to hang up the boots.

Brian O'Driscoll quotes: My missus knows to leave me alone.

My missus knows to leave me alone.

Brian O'Driscoll quotes: One thing I learnt early on my career is that personal gratification takes second place.

One thing I learnt early on my career is that personal gratification takes second place.

Brian O'Driscoll quotes: Dressing rooms can be vicious places, in the best possible way, from a slagging point of view.

Dressing rooms can be vicious places, in the best possible way, from a slagging point of view.

Brian O'Driscoll quotes: That's what happens in the world. You get offered superior contracts.

That's what happens in the world. You get offered superior contracts.

Brian O'Driscoll quotes: The great thing about playing team sport is you win and lose together, and the pain is never as bad when you share it.

The great thing about playing team sport is you win and lose together, and the pain is never as bad when you share it.

Brian O'Driscoll quotes: As you get older, the defeats become more painful. They definitely hurt more.

As you get older, the defeats become more painful. They definitely hurt more.