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Dan O'Brien

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

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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."

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"If men cease to believe that they will one day become gods then they will surely become worms."

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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."
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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."
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"To me, the decathlon is its own little society and I am part of that culture."
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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."
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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."
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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."
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"As a young athlete, it was first about having fun; then it was about winning."
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"The decathlon includes ten separate events and they all matter. You can't work on just one of them."
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