Rugby Quotes · Page 7

I basically sat around unemployed in Sydney for three years straight, and the two things that saved me were the rugby league…

— Ben Mendelsohn

A lot of people make the error of thinking rugby is going to last forever and they need to quickly discover that…

— James Haskell

In my country (Belgium), if you sit beside the phone long enough, it will ring and you will be invited to play…

— Jacques Rogge

I used to wrestle when I was younger. It was soccer, wrestling, rugby league and now MMA.

— Alexander Volkanovski

You're not going to please everyone, but then, it's not about pleasing people: it's about winning rugby games.

— Alun Wyn Jones

Football should learn from rugby. There, only the captain can speak to the referee. That seems a good solution to me.

— Chris Sutton

I grew up among heroes who went down the pit, who played rugby, told stories, sang songs of war.

— Richard Burton

Right now I'm not fitting into the coach's plans and so I just want to make sure I can do the best…

— Danny Cipriani

My loves in life are food, history and rugby. I'd love to be a history professor or a rugby player but I…

— Gregg Wallace

In south west Lancashire, babies don't toddle, they side-step. Queuing women talk of 'nipping round the blindside'. Rugby league provides our cultural…

— Colin Welland

I've spent a lot of my teenage years working on sets. I've missed out on more than just playing rugby, but I…

— Douglas Booth

I had just been promoted to the first rugby team. It was a perfect, wonderful coming of age. My brother was already…

— Anthony Browne

He was a professional rugby player in the area that I played as a youngster. So a lot of people who I…

— Ryan Giggs

The quality of players - the likes of Sam Tomkins, Rangi Chase and Lee Briers - bring an X-factor to the game.…

— Brett Finch

The biggest thing I noticed growing up when I was doing BMX racing or playing rugby through to secondary school level, was…

— Chris Hoy

We all say we enjoy playing rugby, but most guys don't really show it - and some guys I don't think actually…

— Faf de Klerk

There will be nothing better than playing international rugby. It's a dream come true.

— Owen Farrell

“In any game, the game itself is the prize, no matter who wins, ultimately both lose the game.”

— Amit Kalantri

The scrum and the tackle are the two really contentious areas of the game. If you get those two aspects right, most…

— Alan Lewis

Wales are obviously a team that like to play rugby in your half and put as many people as possible in the…

— Owen Farrell

I thought you could play ... You've got nothing. Where's the big hair? I brought my scissors today so I could cut…

— Terry Hill

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

— Rob Burrow

We don't want Welsh rugby to be seen as healthy or upbeat. If we think that, we could become complacent or stagnate.

— Alun Wyn Jones

If anyone out there is mildly curious about rugby, I'd recommend a weekend spent watching the Six Nations. I don't think you'll…

— James Haskell

As soon as I signed for the French rugby union, it was just a huge relief, you know, because I was out…

— Sonny Bill Williams

I really want to remain involved in rugby. I want to continue and have an influence on the game.

— Gareth Thomas

I really enjoyed playing rugby. I loved the camaraderie with the other athletes. It was kind of like fighting. Team fighting.

— Roy Nelson

I was a big rugby player and into my motocross, so I lost loads of weight and a rumor went around the…

— John Newman

After my second film, 'Simhadri,' which was a very big hit, I made 'Sye,' a small college movie with a rugby union…

— S. S. Rajamouli

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 don't know if it can happen, but apparently I might get divorced before I get married.

— Brett White

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

— Larry Gelwix

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

— Graham Henry

It doesn't matter in any game of rugby how many points the opposition scores, as long as we score more!

— George MacPherson

In reality, rugby is finite and unpredictable, so players need to have skills off the pitch too.

— James Haskell

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

— Eoin Morgan

This morning I was standing in the shower and thought how I was sick of losing and how it was about time…

— Benji Marshall

Rugby is a sport in which you can lose heavily one week and still come back and smash the opposition the next.

— James Haskell

He's the best centre in the game I think, definitely the best in the Super League by far.

— Thomas Leuluai

I played number 6 in rugby league so I had the ball quite a lot. I tried to make the plays, so…

— Ben Stokes