Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: O'Connell mere ya mpụta mbụ maka Ireland megide Wales na
2002 Six Nations Championship, na-amalite n'akụkụ Mick Galwey ma na-agba mbọ. N'agbanyeghi na o nyere goolu a, O'Connell enweghị ncheta nke ọkara nke mbụ, na-echeta: "Enyere m goolu mana echetaghị m ya. Agara m ịlụso Craig Quinnell ọgụ ma o jiri aka ya kụtuo m n'amaghị ama. Egwuru m egwu nkeji iri abụọ na ise ọzọ, gbaa otu goolu ma mechaa, mgbe nkeji asaa fọdụrụ n'ọkara nke mbụ, m lọghachiri. Amaghị m ihe na-eme m, n'ihi ya, m hapụrụ ebe ahụ".