Dan O'Brien

“It's all about the journey, not the outcome.”

“I failed, but I wasn't a failure. I just had a bad day at the office.”

“If you want to be a champion, you've got to feel like one, you've got to act like one, you've got to look like one.”

“My greatest strength is my greatest weakness. And that is my desire to be the best.”

“Pressure is something you put on yourself. It's the belief that you have to be perfect.”

“I don't think I'm a natural athlete. I'm a natural competitor.”

“You're never a loser until you quit trying.”

“The decathlon is nine events and a race.”

“Sports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose—it teaches you about life.”

“The only thing I can control is how I prepare.”

“Every day is an opportunity to get better.”

“My focus was always on the process and not the result.”