I have always played into the belief that you are only ever borrowing the jersey; you never own the jersey because someone has gone before you and there is going to be someone after you, so it’s a case of giving the jersey maximum respect. Brian O'Driscoll Read Quote
I tell you one you straight off in Scotland – Nick de Luca. I don’t see his name quoted, but I’ve played against Nick quite a lot and he is a good player – one of the trickiest centres I’ve played against. Brian O'Driscoll Read Quote
You go into the Lions camp with preconceived ideas about players and teams and then find guys are actually very different, and the beauty of the Lions is that all those characters are moulded into it. I find that exciting. Brian O'Driscoll Read Quote
I was exposed to the gym at about 28. I never had a huge love or appetite for it – it was just a means to an end. Brian O'Driscoll Read Quote
I get burnt in the sun, so there’s no point me getting pecs for when I take my shirt off in the summer. Brian O'Driscoll Read Quote
I’m not privy to the English set-up, but at the academies in Ireland, there is a huge focus on the weights room as opposed to whether they can throw a 10-metre pass on the run. They should be rugby players becoming athletes, not athletes becoming rugby players. Brian O'Driscoll Read Quote
I have ambitions to set records which will be hard to chase down, like getting more than 100 caps for Ireland. Brian O'Driscoll Read Quote
