Brian O'Driscoll — Irish Athlete born on January 21, 1979,

Brian Gerald O'Driscoll is an Irish former professional rugby union player. Registered at University College Dublin R.F.C., he played at outside centre for the Irish provincial team Leinster and formerly for Ireland. He captained Ireland from 2003 until 2012, and captained the British and Irish Lions for their 2005 tour of New Zealand. He is regarded by critics as one of the greatest rugby union players of all time... (wikipedia)

Rugby gave me a confidence. I was quite shy and relatively timid, but it gave me the confidence to be a little bit more out-going and back myself a bit more.
When you are captain, you are never speaking for yourself.
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.
You've to celebrate the good days because there are brutal days that make the good ones sweet.
When you've done something for more than a third of your life, your whole adult life, and then all of a sudden you're going to have to switch off and say, 'No more,' you want to grasp as much of it and enjoy the last few years of it as much as you can. Because you can't get those years back.