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Dan O'Brien Biography

Daniel Dion "Dan" O'Brien (born July 18, 1966) is an American former decathlete and Olympic gold medalist. He won the Olympic title in 1996, three consecutive world championships (1991, 1993, 1995), and set the world record in 1992.

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The decathlon includes ten separate events and they all matter. You can't work on just one of them.

Decathlon, Events, Matter, Separate, Ten

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.

Baseball, League, Paying, Thinking, Winning

You know why divorce costs so much? Because it is worth it!

Cost, Costs, Divorce, Know, Single Life, Worth

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.

Dream, Everywhere, Hung, Jail, Olympics, Winning

I was a good decathlete until I got with a coach that really knew how to train specifically for the event. . . I'd really describe it as like being a juggler; you have ten balls and you're trying to get them all in the air at the same time.

Air, Balls, Describe, Events, Good, Trying

When I was little, I wasn't allowed to put sugar on my breakfast cereal because it made me so hyper.

Breakfast, Cereal, Hype, Sugar

We'll probably only consider a handful of individuals. We'll bring up people who can accumulate either innings or at-bats, so we can hopefully gauge where they stand as a prospective Major Leaguer.

Accumulate, Bats, Gauge, Major League, People, Stand

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.

Knowing, Loser, Mad, Upset

I call myself a chameleon.

Call, Chameleon

To me, the decathlon is its own little society and I am part of that culture.

Culture, Decathlon, Littles, Part, Society

As a young child, I was never a crier. I never cried to get my way, or even when I was in pain.

Children, Cried, Crier, Pain, Way

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.

Different, Gold, Mean, Morning, Won

It's important for me to think I'm mixed-race.

Important, Race, Think, Thinking

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.

Decathlon, Get Better, Like, Momentum, Rocks, Rolling

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

Athlete, Gold, Like, Men, Motivational, Won

Take pride in exactly what it is you do and remember it's okay to fail as long as you don't give up.

Don'T Give Up, Exactly, Give, Giving Up, Pride

I got interested in decathlon because a coach that I had was a big fan of Bruce Jenner, and he just saw the ability in me - but when it came down to it, I knew my best chance at a college scholarship would be in track and field.

Ability, Bruce, College, Fans, Track

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.

Athlete, Distance, Guy, Man, Men

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