Rugby Quotes · Page 6

My old man works in the postal service, my mum in a hospital and my brother in a factory. They're my family…

— Gareth Thomas

When I was growing up Harlequins were interested in signing me because I was very fast and strong at an early age,…

— Anthony Yarde

Me and Tricky like playing with each other.

— Braith Anasta

We had started the tour hoping to make about 200 pounds each as the All Blacks (All Golds) had done the previous…

— Dally Messenger

People were telling me for years that I wasn't big enough to make it. But like any young kid I wanted to…

— Rob Burrow

New Zealand are the best team in the world - the execution and accuracy of their skills were a lesson in modern…

— Josh Lewsey

Continual improvement involves an appreciation that there is always a better way to do things irrespective of how much you have achieved…

— Nick Farr-Jones

This is a bit different to the Thursday breakfast I'm used to. It's usually just me and my dog.

— Shane Tronc

I played rugby from the age of 10 until my late twenties; an unlikely player - small, quiet, long-haired and 'wiry.'

— Anthony Browne

Rugby took me to Australia. I have travelled the world. If I went nowhere else, I'm full.

— Rob Burrow

Men do not greet one another like this ... except perhaps at rugby club dinners.

— Alan Cooper

I didn't know what was going on at the start in the swirling wind. The flags were all pointing in different directions…

— Mike Watkins

Rugby league is the toughest game in the world and you know that when you come into it. I enjoy the contact…

— Rob Burrow

It really gets my back up when people start using business phrases - 'sustainability,' 'the brand,' etc. - about rugby.

— Alun Wyn Jones

We are positive about our win and we know that our match was perhaps not as physical as the other matches on…

— Naka Drotske

I will support Ireland at rugby, but when England and Ireland are playing, I sit on the fence.

— Eoin Morgan

Mentally, (consistency) is important when you're not used to rugby at that level. Some of the smaller teams in this tournament are…

— Kieran Crowley

As a rugby player, you strive to be an All Black, win a World Cup, and win a Super Rugby title.

— Sonny Bill Williams

I want to reach for 150 or 200 points this season, whichever comes first.

— Dan Carter

I want you to be forever strong on the field, so that you will be forever strong off the field.

— Larry Gelwix

I played ten injury-free years between the ages of 12 and 22. Then, suddenly, it seemed like I was allergic to the twentieth century.

— Nigel Melville

I wasn't picked for any of the sports teams at school because I was half the size of everyone else, but now…

— Will Poulter

I know that Martin Johnson [the England coach] was in the stands, but I didn't feel it was up to me to…

— Jonny Wilkinson

Me? As England's answer to Jonah Lomu? Joanna Lumley, more likely.

— Damian Hopley

Character, character, character. First, second and third ... we were pretty rusty initially. When you have a break for a few weeks…

— Graham Henry