Rugby Quotes · Page 10

For reasons that baffle me still, my high school sports coaches put me in the first division of the rugby, cricket, and…

— Hamish Bowles

On his multi-player injury substitutions against Western Samoa-It was like the Falklands crisis. I was counting them in and counting them out.

— Jack Rowell

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

— Richard Burton

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

— Chris Sutton

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

— Alan Cooper

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

— James Haskell

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

— Ben Mendelsohn

Coming from Australia and playing rugby, you just think that soccer is a bit soft, but I'll tell you what, it's not.…

— Tanc Sade

People think of rugby players as being tough but it's another thing to stand in front of someone and get kicked, punched,…

— James Haskell

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

— Brian O'Driscoll

I am passionate about working with everyone in the sport to raise the profile of mental health, wellness and resilience, for players…

— Tony Adams

The ball in the sock, dad giving throwdowns, anything I was doing then I was putting a lot of time into it…

— Kane Williamson

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

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

My uncle played rugby, and my dad played football, and they used to argue which game was the roughest - and everybody…

— Clint Eastwood

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

— Alexander Volkanovski

I was training my whole younger life to be a sportsman. Rugby was my main thing.

— Nicholas Galitzine

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

— Alun Wyn Jones

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'm very happy to be back playing rugby for England again - there were times when I questioned if this would happen.

— Jonny Wilkinson

In 1823, William Webb Ellis first picked up the ball in his arms and ran with it. And for the next 156…

— Tasker Watkins

“Rugby is a beastly game played by gentlemen. Soccer is a gentleman's game played by beasts. Football is a beastly game played…

— Henry Blaha

I think Brian Moore's gnashers are the kind you get from a DIY shop and hammer in yourself. He is the only…

— Paul Randall

I've lost count of the times I've been asked what I do for a living. When I say rugby people say: 'Yes,…

— James Haskell

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

— Gareth Thomas

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

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

— John Newman

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

— Roy Nelson

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

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

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

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

— Rob Burrow

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

I came from a rugby school and rugby nation, but I fancied giving football a go, and luckily, it paid off.

— Aaron Ramsey

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

I know American football. I know a little bit about soccer. I know baseball, I know basketball. But, rugby is a foreign…

— Morgan Freeman