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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

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“As a young athlete, it was first about having fun; then it was about winning.” — Dan O'Brien

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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

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“Athletes have certain inclinations; one is to fail at any cost.” — Dan O'Brien

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“But I figured, hey, if I want it bad enough and I decide to get off the couch and go run, I can do it.” — Dan O'Brien

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“I always wanted to stay out of trouble, but as an adopted child, I was constantly trying to find out who I was.” — Dan O'Brien

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“I call myself a chameleon.” — Dan O'Brien

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“I do whatever I can to resolve conflict and I can't sit still.” — Dan O'Brien

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“I found strength in others who are mixed- race or adopted, like Greg Louganis and Scott Hamilton.” — Dan O'Brien

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“I knew from the beginning I didn't want to live on a farm like my parents.” — Dan O'Brien

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“I learned from my Dad the benefit of determination and giving it your all.” — Dan O'Brien

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“I learned to try harder and to accept that I've always got things to work on.” — Dan O'Brien

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“I like to read about adverse situations.” — Dan O'Brien

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“I played music, played sports, tried to be a politician. That's my advice: Try anything!” — Dan O'Brien

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“I take pride in being in the hardest event, knowing so well how it works that I can do it on a rainy day, without thinking about it, without feeling pain.” — Dan O'Brien

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“I think my family is my first concern after myself.” — Dan O'Brien

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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

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“I used to look forward to Little League games, high school basketball, and softball. It was all I could think about.” — Dan O'Brien

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“I want my inclination to be performance-oriented - if you do the performance correctly, suit up and go through all the right moves, you've got to succeed.” — Dan O'Brien

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“I want to have a family... a nice home.” — Dan O'Brien

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“I wanted to live in a city. I wanted to do sports.” — Dan O'Brien

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“I was a late bloomer, so thirty is a good age for me to peak.” — Dan O'Brien

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“I wish I'd learned more about African American culture growing up.” — Dan O'Brien

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“I would go out and run and run and run on the farm.” — Dan O'Brien

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“I'm more accepted in the White community than in the Black. It's confusing, more than anything.” — Dan O'Brien

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“I'm very close to Mom and Dad and to my brother Tom. We are the two closest in age.” — Dan O'Brien

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“I'm very competitive and always have been, but I'm learning to work my hardest instead of putting in minimum effort to succeed.” — Dan O'Brien

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“I've always been very good at all sports.” — Dan O'Brien

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“I've learned it hurts just the same, whether you're pushing a little extra or not.” — Dan O'Brien

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“If I were a politician, I'd want to find a way to stop all wars.” — Dan O'Brien

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“If you never give up, you'll be successful.” — Dan O'Brien

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“If you're adopted, you need to be a good communicator. It's a strength that comes from growing up adopted. You have to be able to get your message across and you have to know how to listen.” — Dan O'Brien

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“In college, people thought of me as African American, and I tried to fit in, but it didn't work out.” — Dan O'Brien

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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

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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

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“It wasn't until I was in my early 20's that I really began to see what kind of person I was going to be.” — Dan O'Brien

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“It's important for me to think I'm mixed-race.” — Dan O'Brien

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“It's really important to me to have people I look up to.” — Dan O'Brien

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“Meeting people like Milt Campbell, Mohammed Ali, Bruce Jenner, Rafer Johnson, Bill Toomey, Bob Mathias - it's a great honor which has made me realize something important: I can do this; they're just like me.” — Dan O'Brien

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“My personal goal is to be the first to break the 9000-point barrier in the decathlon and I won't stop until I succeed.” — Dan O'Brien

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“My resilience comes from wanting to be a happy person - everything I do is always about trying to find a solution.” — Dan O'Brien

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“Now I take medication for ADD but back then, before I learned to focus, I could get too wild.” — Dan O'Brien

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“Now it's about pushing myself to the limit.” — Dan O'Brien

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“Now that I'm older and have a soul mate, someone who understands me truly, I can express what I'm feeling when it's happening. Her name is Leilani Sang.” — Dan O'Brien

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“One thing that helped me a lot as a kid was that I tried everything because I wanted to challenge myself.” — Dan O'Brien

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“Our family seemed to work harder than other families.” — Dan O'Brien

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“Sports was a place where I could give it everything and not get into trouble.” — Dan O'Brien

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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

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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

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“The failure showed me how committed I really am. I'm a person who looks forward, not back.” — Dan O'Brien

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“The more focused I get, the more I can compete well under stress.” — Dan O'Brien

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“The only way to overcome is to hang in. Even I'm starting to believe that.” — Dan O'Brien

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“There are things in life I want and I've never given up on them.” — Dan O'Brien

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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

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“There was never a day I didn't think I could do it. If there had been, I might have quit.” — Dan O'Brien

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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

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“Throughout my entire life, things have happened that kept me working toward the goal.” — Dan O'Brien

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“To me, the decathlon is its own little society and I am part of that culture.” — Dan O'Brien

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“What motivates me is feeling good about myself.” — Dan O'Brien

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“When I met Mohammed Ali and his family, I was really interested in their history and culture.” — Dan O'Brien

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“When I was a kid, I internalized everything, kept my feelings to myself.” — Dan O'Brien

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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

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“When I went to Hawaii, I was very impressed with the culture.” — Dan O'Brien

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“You don't have to be the best in all ten disciplines; instead, you need to work at being steady and consistent steady.” — Dan O'Brien

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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

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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

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