“It really means a lot that I won the gold medal - but I woke up the ne...” — Dan O'Brien Quote

“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.”

“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. It wasn't until 1980 - I think I was 12 years old - that I thought, 'Wow that's what I want to do. I want to be on the Olympic team.'”

“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.”

“I wake up every morning literally with a smile on my face, grateful for another day I never thought I'd see.”

“Sometimes, getting up in the morning and brushing your teeth is the hardest part of the day - it all just hurts.”

“Day and night cannot dwell together. The Red Man has ever fled the approach of the White Man, as the morning mist flees before the morning sun.”