Rugby Quotes · Page 12

I'm proud to come from Cas but I've always supported Leeds and always wanted to play for Leeds. It was a dream…

— Rob Burrow

I find it hard to believe that anyone could be playing regularly and saying they do not have a niggle. It is…

— Alun Wyn Jones

Rugby is just a ball. I would be much more versed to coach American football, but you need 22 players and all…

— John Layfield

I wrestled before rugby league so I always had a pretty good wrestling background, a good base, and that helped with my…

— Alexander Volkanovski

You do not have time in international rugby to stop and think, 'This is tough.' It's more a case of, 'Let's crack…

— Alun Wyn Jones

“Am I good enough? Trust.”

— Tom

I don't watch rugby.

— Kevin Spacey

I never had a concussion playing rugby.

— Sheamus

Wherever I am in my life, it's because rugby has enabled me to do that.

— Gareth Thomas

The time for reminiscing is after rugby. Then you can sit down and get fat.

— Josh Lewsey

One moment of magic, or one big moment to capture the match.

— John Plumtree

You guys pair up in groups of three, then line up in a circle.

— Bill Peterson

Rugby cuts out all the soft people in the world.

— Patrick Chung

If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same thing again.

— Terry Venables

My dad played rugby, so I used to watch a lot of rugby union and rugby league.

— Ryan Giggs

Andy Ellis - the 21 year old, who turned 22 a few weeks ago.

— Murray Mexted

Rugby players are either piano shifters or piano movers. Fortunately, I am one of those who can play a tune.

— Pierre Danos

People can be really famous in Wales for rugby, but outside of Wales nobody really has a clue who you are or…

— Gareth Thomas

I have interests outside of rugby and have been cultivating them for when I do decide to hang up the boots.

— Brian O'Driscoll

I have lost three semi-finals at Newlands. I was hoping that last year would be a lucky number three. It was close,…

— Schalk Burger

I don't think you need to go global rugby to save the Lions, but I think you need to go global rugby…

— Alun Wyn Jones

I didn't have to play rugby that well, and I didn't have to play cricket that well, because I had this voice.

— Tom Jones

I was never ever attracted to any of my rugby mates; I was really good at switching off my emotions and I…

— Gareth Thomas

I was in the football, rugby, cricket and hockey teams at school; bit of squash. Tennis obviously.

— Tim Henman

I never ever believed that I would be able to give up on this dream which has driven me to live, breathe,…

— Jonny Wilkinson

I've got my head fixed on the next part of life. I know there will be an adjusting period of just not…

— Brian O'Driscoll

So I was in football, athletics doing shot put and sprinting, and rugby all at the same time. Ultimately, I didn't know…

— Anthony Yarde

I've gone from being a brilliant captain of a TV soccer team to an average rugby player on a real team. I've…

— Tanc Sade

I was playing rugby and the other games English school children do, and there was an event which was planned in which…

— Roger Bannister

I did several corporate gigs as a presenter, worked on a few branded campaigns and also made money from my rugby events…

— Gethin Jones

I grew up in Shropshire, but I was born in Wales. There was a hospital seven miles away, but my dad drove…

— Greg Davies

Your name or what you've done on the rugby pitch is not going to carry you through for the rest of your…

— Brian O'Driscoll

And as you got older, the training became more developed and precise. We did plays, we had voice classes with great dialect…

— Jai Courtney

If the government is to try and ban private consumption of alcohol and tobacco, it must surely ban such activities as hang-gliding,…

— Milton Friedman

A few weeks later, I’m in a fluorescent-lit classroom in Chelsea awaiting the start of the official Mensa test. I’m sitting next…

— Anonymous

Failing at something is one thing, but Buddhism tells us that it is up to us how we interpret that failure [Buddhism]…

— Jonny Wilkinson

The time I've spent in professional Premiership club rugby has been invaluable.

— Rob Andrew

Rugby is a game for the mentally deficient... That is why it was invented by the British. Who else but an Englishman…

— Peter Pook

I know what it feels like to be one of those conservative rugby lads because I went to a similar school growing…

— Nicholas Galitzine

A rugby tour is like sex. When its good it's great, and when it's bad - hey! It's still pretty good!

— Peter FitzSimons